1 The Lord, the God of Israel,
2 said to me: “Write down in a book everything that I have told you,
3 because the time is coming when I will restore my people, Israel and Judah. I will bring them back to the land that I gave their ancestors, and they will take possession of it again. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
4 The Lord says to the people of Israel and Judah:
5 “I heard a cry of terror,a cry of fear and not of peace.
6 Now stop and think!Can a man give birth to a child?Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomachlike a woman in labour?Why is everyone so pale?