Jérémie 30.18
New International Version

Annonce de restauration

¹ This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
² “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you.
³ 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,’ says the Lord.”
⁴ These are the words the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah:
⁵ “This is what the Lord says:
“ ‘Cries of fear are heard —
terror, not peace.

⁶ Ask and see:
Can a man bear children?
Then why do I see every strong man
with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor,
every face turned deathly pale?

⁷ How awful that day will be!
No other will be like it.
It will be a time of trouble for Jacob,
but he will be saved out of it.

⁸ “ ‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty,
‘I will break the yoke off their necks
and will tear off their bonds;
no longer will foreigners enslave them.

⁹ Instead, they will serve the Lord their God
and David their king,
whom I will raise up for them.

¹⁰ “ ‘So do not be afraid, Jacob my servant;
do not be dismayed, Israel,’
declares the Lord.
‘I will surely save you out of a distant place,
your descendants from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again have peace and security,
and no one will make him afraid.

¹¹ I am with you and will save you,’
declares the Lord.
‘Though I completely destroy all the nations
among which I scatter you,
I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you but only in due measure;
I will not let you go entirely unpunished.’
¹² “This is what the Lord says:
“ ‘Your wound is incurable,
your injury beyond healing.

¹³ There is no one to plead your cause,
no remedy for your sore,
no healing for you.

¹⁴ All your allies have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy would
and punished you as would the cruel,
because your guilt is so great
and your sins so many.

¹⁵ Why do you cry out over your wound,
your pain that has no cure?
Because of your great guilt and many sins
I have done these things to you.

¹⁶ “ ‘But all who devour you will be devoured;
all your enemies will go into exile.
Those who plunder you will be plundered;
all who make spoil of you I will despoil.

¹⁷ But I will restore you to health
and heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord,
‘because you are called an outcast,
Zion for whom no one cares.’
¹⁸ “This is what the Lord says:
“ ‘I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents
and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city will be rebuilt on her ruins,
and the palace will stand in its proper place.

¹⁹ From them will come songs of thanksgiving
and the sound of rejoicing.
I will add to their numbers,
and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor,
and they will not be disdained.

²⁰ Their children will be as in days of old,
and their community will be established before me;
I will punish all who oppress them.

²¹ Their leader will be one of their own;
their ruler will arise from among them.
I will bring him near and he will come close to me —
for who is he who will devote himself
to be close to me?’
declares the Lord.

²² ‘So you will be my people,
and I will be your God.’ ”

²³ See, the storm of the Lord
will burst out in wrath,
a driving wind swirling down
on the heads of the wicked.

²⁴ The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back
until he fully accomplishes
the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
you will understand this.