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title: "Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations, Volume 4"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "John Owen"
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section: 106 of 123
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. John Owen, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations, Volume 4, section 106. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-jeremiah-and-lamentations-volume-4/106/"
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# Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations, Volume 4

*John Calvin, tr. John Owen*

Calvin on Jeremiah and Lamentations, volume 4 of 5.

## 106. Chapter 30

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[¶0] 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, —

[¶1] 2 Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, — Write thee all the words which I have spoken to thee in a book;

[¶2] 3 For, be- hold, the days are coming, saith Jehovah, when I shall restore the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah; and I will restore them to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

[¶3] 4 Even these are the words which Jehovah hath spoken of Israel and Judah, —

[¶4] 5 Surely thus saith Jehovah, — A voice of trembling have we heard, Of fear and not of peace.

[¶5] 6 Ask and see, can a male bring forth? Why have I seen all men With their hands on their loins as a woman in travail? Turned also are all faces into paleness.

[¶6] 7 Alas! for great that day, none like it, Even a time of distress to Jacob; Yet from it shall he be saved:

[¶7] 8 And it shall be in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, That I will break the yoke from thy neck, And thy bands will I burst asunder, And no more force thee to serve shall strangers;

[¶8] 9 But serve shall they Jehovah their God, And David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

[¶9] 10 And thou Jacob my servant, fear not, saith Jehovah, And be not thou, Israel, afraid; For behold I will save thee from far, And thy seed from the land of their captivity, And dwell shall Jacob, and rest, and be secure, And none shall terrify him:

[¶10] 11 For I shall be with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee; For I will make an end of all the nations, Among whom I shall scatter thee; Yet of thee I will not make an end: But I will chastise thee in moderation, And I will not wholly cut thee off.

[¶11] 12 For thus saith Jehovah, Grievous thy bruise, desperate thy wound!

[¶12] 13 No one undertakes thy cause; For a cure, medicines and healing thou hast not.

[¶13] 14 All thy friends forget thee, they ask not for thee; For with the stroke of an enemy have I struck thee, With the chastisement of the cruel, On account of the multitude of thine iniquity, Because prevailed have thy sins.

[¶14] 15 Why criest thou because of thy bruise? Heavy is thy sorrow: For the multitude of thine iniquity. Because thy sins have prevailed, Have I done these things to thee.

[¶15] 16 Therefore, all who devour thee shall be devoured, And all thine enemies shall go into captivity, And they who plunder thee shall become a plunder, And all who spoil thee shall be a spoil:

[¶16] 17 For I will bring a healing to thee, And from thy wounds will I heal thee, saith Jehovah; Because an outcast have they called thee, Sion, Whom no one careth for.

[¶17] 18 Thus saith Jehovah, — Behold, I will restore the captivity of Jacob’s tents, And his dwellings will I pity; And built shall be the city on its heaps, And the palace in its own place shall stand:

[¶18] 19 And go forth from them shall praise and the voice of joy; And I will increase them, and they shall not be lessened; And I will honor them, and they shall not be degraded;

[¶19] 20 And his children shall be as at the beginning, And his assembly before me shall be established, And I will visit all his oppressors:

[¶20] 21 And his valiant man shall be from himself, And his ruler from his midst shall come forth; And I will bring him nigh, and he shall come to me; For who is he who forms his heart, That he may come to me, saith Jehovah!

[¶21] 22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

[¶22] 23 Behold as a tempest shall Jehovah’s wrath go forth, As an involving tempest; On the head of the ungodly shall it settle:

[¶23] 24 Not return shall the fury of Jehovah’s wrath, Till he performs it, and till he effects the thoughts of his heart; In the latter days ye shall understand this.