1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
3 For surely the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah. The Lord says, I also will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
4 These are the words that the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
5 For thus says the Lord: I have heard a sound of trembling,of fear, and not of peace.
6 Ask now, and see,can a male labor with child?Why do I see every manwith his hands on his loins, as a woman in labor,and all faces turned pale?