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| 1 The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, |
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| 2 'Thus spake Jehovah, God of Israel, saying, Write for thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee on a book. |
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 an affirmation of Jehovah and I have turned back [to] the captivity of My people Israel and Judah, said Jehovah, and I have caused them to turn back unto the land that I gave to their fathers, and they do possess it.' |
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| 4 And these [are] the words that Jehovah hath spoken concerning Israel and concerning Judah: |
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| 5 Surely thus said Jehovah: A voice of trembling we have heard, Fear and there is no peace. |
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| 6 Ask, I pray you, and see, is a male bringing forth Wherefore have I seen every man, His hands on his loins, as a travailing woman, And all faces have been turned to paleness |
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| 7 Wo! for great [is] that day, without any like it, Yea, a time of adversity it [is] to Jacob, Yet out of it he is 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 hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, I break his yoke from off thy neck, And thy bands I draw away, And lay no more service on him do strangers. |
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 And they have served Jehovah their God, And David their king whom I raise up to them. |
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| 10 And thou, be not afraid, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah, Nor be affrighted, O Israel, For, lo, I am saving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity, And Jacob hath turned back and rested, And is quiet, and there is none troubling. |
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| 11 For with thee [am] I, An affirmation of Jehovah to save thee, For I make an end of all the nations Whither I have scattered thee, Only, of thee I do not make an end, And I have chastised thee in judgment, And do not entirely acquit thee. |
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| 12 For thus said Jehovah: Incurable is thy breach, grievous thy stroke, |
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| 13 There is none judging thy cause to bind up, Healing medicines there are none for thee. |
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| 14 all loving thee have forgotten thee, Thee they do not seek, For with the stroke of an enemy I smote thee, The chastisement of a fierce one, Because of the abundance of thy iniquity, Mighty have been thy sins! |
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| 15 What! thou criest concerning thy breach! Incurable [is] thy pain, Because of the abundance of thy iniquity, Mighty have been thy sins! I have done these to thee. |
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| 16 Therefore all consuming thee are consumed, And all thine adversaries all of them Into captivity do go, And thy spoilers have been for a spoil, And all thy plunderers I give up to plunder. |
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| 17 For I increase health to thee, And from thy strokes I do heal thee, An affirmation of Jehovah, For 'Outcast' they have called to thee, 'Zion it [is], there is none seeking for her.' |
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| 18 Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I turn back [to] the captivity of the tents of Jacob, And his dwelling places I pity, And the city hath been built on its heap, And the palace according to its ordinance remaineth. |
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 And gone forth from them hath thanksgiving, And the voice of playful ones, And I have multiplied them and they are not few, And made them honourable, and they are not small. |
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| 20 And his sons have been as aforetime, And his company before Me is established, And I have seen after all his oppressors. |
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| 21 And his honourable one hath been of himself, And his ruler from his midst goeth forth, And I have caused him to draw near, And he hath drawn nigh unto Me, For who [is] he who hath pledged his heart To draw nigh unto Me An affirmation of Jehovah. |
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| 22 And ye have been to Me for a people, And I am to you for God. |
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| 23 Lo, a whirlwind of Jehovah Fury hath gone forth a cutting whirlwind, On the head of the wicked it stayeth. |
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 Jehovah Doth not turn back till His doing, Yea, till His establishing the devices of His heart, In the latter end of the days we consider it! |
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