11I''ll be with you. I''ll save you. I''ll finish off all the godless nations Among which I''ve scattered you, but I won''t finish you off. I''ll punish you, but fairly. I won''t send you off with just a slap on the wrist.''
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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