1-2 The Lord God of Israel said, “Jeremiah, get a scroll and write down everything I have told you.
3 Some day I will let my people from both Israel and Judah return to the land I gave their ancestors.”
4-5 Then the Lord told me to say to Israel and Judah:I, the Lord, hear screamsof terror,and there is no peace.
6 Can men give birth?Then why do I see themlooking so paleand clutching their stomachslike women in labour?
7 My people, soon you will sufferworse than ever before,but I will save you.
8 Now you are slavesof other nations,but I will break the chainsand smash the yokesthat keep you in slavery.