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| 1 The word which came unto Jeremiah, from Yahweh, saying:– |
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| 2 Thus, speaketh Yahweh, God of Israel, saying,–Write thee all the words which I have spoken unto thee, in a scroll; |
Write thee – The prophets did not confine themselves to oral teachings. R1145:3
The writings of the prophets collectively were termed "The Law and The Prophets" and esteemed as of divine authority. R1145:3
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| 3 For lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, when I will turn the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, Saith Yahweh,–and will bring them back into the land which I gave to their fathers, that they might possess it. |
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| 4 Now, these, are the words which Yahweh hath spoken against Israel and against Judah: |
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| 5 Yea, thus, saith Yahweh, A voice of trembling, have we heard, Dread, and not welfare! |
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| 6 Ask, I pray you, and see, whether a male, travaileth with child! Why, have I seen, Every man with his hands upon his loins, like a woman in travail, and, Every face turned into ghastliness? |
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| 7 Alas! for, great, is that day, so that none is like it,–Yea, a time of anguish, it is, for Jacob, But out of it, shall he be saved. |
Jacob's trouble – Here are a number of events: the return of the Jews to Palestine; the reorganization of the Jewish nation, though not independent; the gathering of great wealth to Jerusalem; many peoples go up to "take a spoil"; the "battle of the great day"; the partial success of the invaders; the power of Messiah effecting deliverance; the recognition of the long-awaited Messiah; then the recognition of him as the one they rejected; God pouring on them the "spirit of grace and supplication"; their mourning for sins and being accepted to fellowship again with God. These events we expect in about the order mentioned. R26:6
Spring has come, the fig tree is "putting forth"; yet we must look for more storms, as in nature the Spring equinoxial storm is one of the most severe. R384:2
The famine for the Word of the Lord shall reach Israel and cause them to come to the great Governor for bread. This will be the time of "Jacob's trouble." R3982:2
We have reached this period. (1882) R341:5*
We are in the "time of Jacob's trouble." (1895) R1898:5
Jacob's trouble is not yet (1898) ended. Greater persecution will shortly overtake them--to drive them to Palestine. R2290:1[R2290:1]
The final conflict of the Battle of the Great Day will be in Palestine, upon regathered Israel. D554, Dxvi; SM239:3; OV276:5
In conjunction with a world-wide trouble--financial, religious, political and social, eventuating in anarchy. OV67:1; R2504:1
The time for the special manifestation of God's favor will be in that dark hour when Israel will recognize their King. SM425:4; R5442:6
The Gospel Church having first been completed. SM425:4
Saved out of it – In the midst of the trouble God will reveal himself as Israel's defender, as in ancient times. D555
All the prophets testify that the power of God will be so marvelously manifested in Israel's deliverance that all the world will know that the Lord's favor is again with Israel. D557; OV75:4
In and through that trouble the Lord will pour upon Israel the spirit of grace and supplication and they shall look upon him whom they have pierced. (Zech. 12:10) SM426:T
The end of Jacob's trouble is the deliverance of Israel from the blindness that has been upon her. R3469:1
The coming deliverance is mentioned particularly in Zech. 14:1-4. R3469:2
The Ancient Worthies, as judges and lawgivers, will be restored to them. R4320:5
Natural Israel will obtain mercy through spiritual Israel. R3982:2
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| 8 And it shall come to pass, in that day, Declareth Yahweh of hosts, That I will break his yoke from off thy neck, And, thy bonds, will I tear off,–And foreigners, shall use him as a slave no more; |
Burst thy bonds – Natural Israel, whose favor ceased when ours began and whose favor is to return when ours has accomplished its purpose. R2290:1
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| 9 But they shall serve Yahweh their God,–and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. |
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| 10 Thou, therefore, do not fear, O my Servant Jacob, Urgeth Yahweh, Neither be thou dismayed, O Israel, For, behold me! saving thee from afar, And thy seed out of the land of their captivity,–Then shall Jacob return, and rest and be quiet, And there shall be none to make him afraid; |
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| 11 For, with thee, am I, Declareth Yahweh, To save thee,–Though I make an end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, Yet, will I not, of thee, make an end, But will chastise thee in measure, not holding thee, guiltless! |
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| 12 For, Thus, saith Yahweh–Incurable, is thine injury,–Grievous, is thy wound: |
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| 13 There is none, to plead thy cause, for binding thee up,–Healing bandages, hast thou none: |
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| 14 All thy lovers, have forgotten thee, Thyself, do they not seek,–For, With the wounding of an enemy, have I wounded thee, With the correction of one who is cruel, Because of the abounding of, thine iniquity, [Because] numerous, have been thy sins. |
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| 15 Why, shouldst thou make outcry over thine injury, Incurable, is thy pain? Because of the abounding of thine iniquity, [Because] numerous, have been thy sins, Have I done these things unto thee. |
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| 16 Therefore, all who devour thee, shall be devoured, And, all thine adversaries–all of them, into captivity, shall depart,–So shall, they who plundered thee, be plundered, And, all who preyed upon thee, will I deliver up as a prey.
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| 17 For I will put a bandage upon thee, And, from thy wounds, will I heal thee, Declareth Yahweh,–Because, An outcast, they called thee, 'Tis, Zion! who hath, none to ask for her welfare. |
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| 18 Thus, saith Yahweh–Behold me! bringing back the captivity of the tents of Jacob, And, on his habitations, will I have compassion,–So shall the city be built, upon her own mound, And, the citadel, upon its own site, shall remain: |
I will bring again – "The Lord shall save the tents of Judah first." (Zech. 12:7) A294
Of Jacob's tents – Fleshly Israel. A294
And the city – Jerusalem. C259
And the palace – The Temple. C259
"I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counselors as at the beginning." (Isaiah 1:26) A294
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| 19 So shall there proceed from them, thanksgiving, and, The sound of them who make merry,–And I will multiply them, and they shall not become few, And will make them honourable, and they shall not be despised: |
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| 20 And, his sons, shall come to be, as aforetime, And, his assembly, before me, shall continue,–And I will bring punishment on all his oppressors; |
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| 21 And, his illustrious one, shall spring, from himself, And, his ruler, from his own midst, shall proceed, And I will bring him near, and he shall approach unto me,–For who is, there that hath pledged his own heart to approach unto me? Demandeth Yahweh: |
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| 22 So shall ye become my, people; And, I, will become your, God. |
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| 23 Lo! the tempest of Yahweh! Indignation, hath come forth, A tempest rolling itself upward,–Upon the head of the lawless ones, shall it hurl itself down! |
The whirlwind – The time of trouble. D528; R5863:6
Letting loose of the four winds, or air powers; resulting in the overthrow of the social order in anarchy. R5470:1, R5845:6
Also likened to a great tidal wave (Psa. 46); letting loose the "four winds of earth" (Rev. 7) and a "great fire." (2 Pet. 3) R5863:6
See also comments on Jer. 23:19 and Jer. 25:32.
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| 24 The fierceness of the anger of Yahweh will, not turn back, Until he hath executed, nor, Until he hath established, The purposes of his heart,–In the afterpart of the days, shall ye understand it. |
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