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Jeremiah 30:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD said: Israel, I will be kind to you and let you come home. Jerusalem now lies in ruins, but you will rebuild it, complete with a new palace.

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David told the crowd: God chose my son Solomon to build the temple, but Solomon is young and has no experience. This is not just any building—this is the temple for the LORD God!

And give Solomon the desire to obey your laws and teachings completely, and the desire to build the temple for which I have provided these gifts.

Although Jerusalem covered a large area, not many people lived there, and no new houses had been built.

You will show pity to Zion because the time has come.

We, your servants, love each stone in the city, and we are sad to see them lying in the dust.

May there be peace inside your city walls and in your palaces.

We will see its strong walls and visit each fortress. Then you can say to future generations,

God is there to defend it and has proved to be its protector.

There he built his temple as lofty as the mountains and as solid as the earth that he had made to last for ever.

Our LORD, you have blessed your land and made all go well for Jacob's descendants.

I will make the message of my prophets come true. They are saying, “Jerusalem will be filled with people, and the LORD will rebuild the towns of Judah.”

I am also the one who says, “Cyrus will lead my people and obey my orders. Jerusalem and the temple will be rebuilt.”

I will bring the rest of my people home from the lands where I have scattered them, and they will grow into a mighty nation.

I will bless you with a future filled with hope—a future of success, not of suffering.

and accept your worship. Then I will gather you from all the nations where I scattered you, and you will return to Jerusalem.

Some day I will let my people from both Israel and Judah return to the land I gave their ancestors.”

The LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, said: I promise to set the people of Judah free and to lead them back to their home towns. And when I do, they will once again say, “We pray that the LORD will bless his home, the sacred hill in Jerusalem where his temple stands.”

The LORD said: Some day, Jerusalem will truly belong to me. It will be rebuilt with a boundary line running from Hananel Tower to Corner Gate.

You are precious to me, and so I will rebuild your nation. Once again you will dance for joy and play your tambourines.

Even that disgusting Hinnom Valley will be sacred to me, and so will the eastern slopes that go down from Horse Gate into Kidron Valley. Jerusalem will never again be destroyed.

I am the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, and I promise you that people will once again buy and sell houses, farms, and vineyards in this country.

But some day, people will again spend their silver to buy fields everywhere—in the territory of Benjamin, the region around Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, and in the hill country, the foothills to the west, and the Southern Desert. Buyers and sellers and witnesses will sign and seal the bills of sale for the fields. It will happen, because I will give this land back to my people. I, the LORD, have spoken.

happy voices and the sounds of parties and wedding celebrations. And when people come to my temple to offer sacrifices to thank me, you will hear them say: “We praise you, LORD All-Powerful! You are good to us, and your love never fails.” The land will once again be productive.

I will give this land to Israel and Judah once again, and I will make them as strong as they were before.

Israel, don't be afraid. Some day I will bring you home from foreign lands. You and your descendants will live in peace and safety, with nothing to fear.

But I promise that some day I will bring your people back to their land.

Yet some day, I will bring your people back home. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Children will be born, and animals will give birth to their young. You will no longer be deserted as you are now, but you will be covered with people and treated better than ever. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

I'll make Israel prosper again. You will rebuild your towns and live in them. You will drink wine from your own vineyards and eat the fruit you grow.

At this, the angel said, “LORD All-Powerful, for seventy years you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. When are you ever going to have mercy on them?”

And so, I will have pity on Jerusalem. The city will be completely rebuilt, and my temple will stand again.

At that time I will let the clans of Judah be like a ball of fire in a wood pile or a fiery torch in a hay stack. Then Judah will send the surrounding nations up in smoke. And once again the city of Jerusalem will be filled with people.

But I will first give victory to Judah, so the kingdom of David and the city of Jerusalem in all their glory won't be thought of more highly than Judah itself.

From Geba down to Rimmon south of Jerusalem, the entire country will be turned into flat lands, with Jerusalem still towering above. Then the city will be full of people, from Benjamin Gate, Old Gate Place, and Hananel Tower in the north-east part of the city over to Corner Gate in the north-west and down to King's Wine Press in the south. Jerusalem will always be secure and will never again be destroyed.




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