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⁵ "Thus says the Lord:
We have heard a cry of panic,
    of terror, and no peace.
⁶ Ask now, and see,
    can a man bear a child?
^(h)Why then do I see every man
    with his hands on his stomach ⁽ⁱ⁾like a woman in labor?
    ^(j)Why has every face turned pale?
⁷ Alas! ^(k)That day is so great
    ^(l)there is none like it;
it is a time of distress for Jacob;
    yet he shall be saved out of it.

^10 (r)"Then fear not, ^(s)O Jacob my servant, declares the Lord,
    nor be dismayed, O Israel;
for behold, ^(t)I will save you from far away,
    ^(u)and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
^(v)Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
    and none shall make him afraid.
^11 (w)For I am with you to save you,
declares the Lord;
^(x)I will make a full end of all the nations
    among whom I scattered you,
    but of you I will not make a full end.
^(y)I will ^(z)discipline you in just measure,
    and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

¹² "For thus says the Lord:
^(aa)Your hurt is incurable,
    ^(ab)and your wound is grievous.
¹³ There is none to uphold your cause,
    no medicine for your wound,
    ^(ac)no healing for you.
^14 (ad)All your lovers have forgotten you;
    they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of ^(ae)an enemy,
    the punishment ^(af)of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
    ^(ag)because your sins are flagrant.
^15 (ah)Why do you cry out over your hurt?
    ^(ai)Your pain is incurable.
Because your guilt is great,
    ^(aj)because your sins are flagrant,
    I have done these things to you.
^16 (ak)Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured,
    and ^(al)all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity;
^(am)those who plunder you shall be plundered,
    ^(an)and all who prey on you I will make a prey.
^17 (ao)For I will restore ^(ap)health to you,
    and ^(aq)your wounds I will heal,
declares the Lord,
because ^(ar)they have called you an outcast:
    ^(as)‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!'

¹⁸ "Thus says the Lord:
Behold, ^(at)I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
    and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city shall be rebuilt on ^(au)its mound,
    and the palace shall stand where it used to be.
^19 (av)Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving,
    and the voices of those who celebrate.
^(aw)I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;
    I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.
^20 (ax)Their children shall be as they were of old,
    and their congregation shall be established before me,
    and I will punish all who oppress them.
^21 (ay)Their prince shall be one of themselves;
    ^(az)their ruler shall come out from their midst;
^(ba)I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me,
    ^(bb)for who would dare of himself to approach me?
declares the Lord.
^22 (bc)And you shall be my people,
    and I will be your God."

^23 (bd)Behold ^(be)the storm of the Lord!
    Wrath has gone forth,
a whirling tempest;
    it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
^24 (bf)The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back
    until he has executed and accomplished
    the intentions of his mind.
^(bg)In the latter days you will understand this.