Jeremiah 30 Commentary
Israel To Be Restored
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KEY THOUGHT: I will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah [Jeremiah 30:3b NKJV]
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Jeremiah 30 NKJV
Restoration of Israel and Judah
30 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 “Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying: ‘Write in a book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you. 3 For behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that I will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah,’ says the Lord. ‘And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’ ”
4 Now these are the words that the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
5 “For thus says the Lord:
‘We have heard a voice of trembling,
Of [a]fear, and not of peace.
6 Ask now, and see,
Whether a [b]man is ever in [c]labor with child?
So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins
Like a woman in labor,
And all faces turned pale?
7 Alas! For that day is great,
So that none is like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble,
But he shall be saved out of it.
8 ‘For it shall come to pass in that day,’
Says the Lord of hosts,
‘That I will break his yoke from your neck,
And will burst your bonds;
Foreigners shall no more enslave them.
9 But they shall serve the Lord their God,
And David their king,
Whom I will raise up for them.
10 ‘Therefore do not fear, O My servant Jacob,’ says the Lord,
‘Nor be dismayed, O Israel;
For behold, I will save you from afar,
And your seed from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet,
And no one shall make him afraid.
11 For I am with you,’ says the Lord, ‘to save you;
Though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you,
Yet I will not make a complete end of you.
But I will correct you in justice,
And will not let you go altogether unpunished.’
12 “For thus says the Lord:
‘Your affliction is incurable,
Your wound is severe.
13 There is no one to plead your cause,
That you may be bound up;
You have no healing medicines.
14 All your lovers have forgotten you;
They do not seek you;
For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy,
With the chastisement of a cruel one,
For the multitude of your iniquities,
Because your sins have increased.
15 Why do you cry about your affliction?
Your sorrow is incurable.
Because of the multitude of your iniquities,
Because your sins have increased,
I have done these things to you.
16 ‘Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity;
Those who plunder you shall become plunder,
And all who prey upon you I will make a prey.
17 For I will restore health to you
And heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord,
‘Because they called you an outcast saying:
“This is Zion;
No one seeks her.” ’
18 “Thus says the Lord:
‘Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tents,
And have mercy on his dwelling places;
The city shall be built upon its own [d]mound,
And the palace shall remain according to its own plan.
19 Then out of them shall proceed thanksgiving
And the voice of those who make merry;
I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish;
I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
20 Their children also shall be as before,
And their congregation shall be established before Me;
And I will punish all who oppress them.
21 Their nobles shall be from among them,
And their governor shall come from their midst;
Then I will cause him to draw near,
And he shall approach Me;
For who is this who pledged his heart to approach Me?’ says the Lord.
22 ‘You shall be My people,
And I will be your God.’ ”
23 Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord
Goes forth with fury,
A [e]continuing whirlwind;
It will fall violently on the head of the wicked.
24 The fierce anger of the Lord will not return until He has done it,
And until He has performed the intents of His heart.
In the latter days you will consider it.
Footnotes
a. Jeremiah 30:5 dread
b. Jeremiah 30:6 Lit. male can give birth
c. Jeremiah 30:6 childbirth
d. Jeremiah 30:18 ruins
e. Jeremiah 30:23 Or sweeping
New King James Version (NKJV)
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Jeremiah 30 Commentary
So we know how we got the scripture written down; the LORD commanded it. Verse 2.
Now we have details of the LORD’s ‘good plans’, or part of the details. “The days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them to the land I gave their ancestors to possess.”
The inclusion of Israel in the restoration plans means the LORD is talking about a plan whose scope exceeds the return of Jews from Babylon.
Then we have a long monologue which we guess spills into chapter 31. The LORD is speaking. His words must be recorded because they must be read by someone, probably you. Let’s analyze the speech.
We see two parts of the LORD’s nature: Compassion and justice.
The compassionate God will break the yoke off their necks. Foreigners will no longer enslave Israel. Instead, they will be slaves of the LORD – they will serve the LORD. Over them is another king, in the model of David. We guess this new leader is Immanuel, the Son born to us with the government on His shoulders.
Jacob doesn’t have to be afraid at all.
But the God of justice is also in the room. “I will discipline you but only in due measure,” says the LORD. “Due measure” may translate into enough punishment or punishment equivalent to the sin. “I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”
Then the LORD posts a problem. “Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing.” And it becomes worse: “There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing for you.”
Of course, the scripture hasn’t ended here, but an individual needs to ponder these thoughts coming straight from the LORD.
There is simply no solution to the wounds of Adam.
But “I will restore you to health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD.” Can’t the world see that it’s only the LORD God who can heal humanity’s wound?
Forget the sciences and technology, wealth, or indeed wisdom. The LORD God stoops down and pleads for humanity’s cause. He came down in the form of a man…so man in appearance that we couldn’t recognize him. “He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.” Isaiah 53:2b.
All of this was Greek to Jeremiah’s audience. “In days to come you will understand this.” I think we do understand now. Calvary resolves the ever-present conflict between Compassion and justice. Both meet at the Cross. Good news for humanity! Mediation is finally here. We can have it!
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