19Thanksgivings will pour out of the windows; laughter will spill through the doors. Things will get better and better. Depression days are over. They''ll thrive, they''ll flourish. The days of contempt will be over.h
20They''ll look forward to having children again, to being a community in which I take pride. I''ll punish anyone who hurts them,
Jeremiah 30 opens the "Book of Consolation" (chapters 30–33), a dramatic pivot from judgment to restoration. The chapter promises that Israel and Judah will be restored to their land, their covenant relationship with YHWH renewed, and their oppressors judged. The literary tension
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