1 The word came to Jeremiah from Adonai, saying:
2 thus says Adonai, the God of Israel: “Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a scroll.
3 For behold, the days are coming,” declares Adonai, “when I will return My people Israel and Judah from exile,” declares Adonai. “I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.”
4 Now these are the words that Adonai spoke to Israel and to Judah.
5 For thus says Adonai: “We heard a sound of trembling, of dread—there is no shalom.
6 Ask now, and see whether a man can give birth. Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins, like a woman giving birth? Why have all faces turned pale?