The Chosen Key Word in this Chapter is “Trembling” it comes from the Hebrew Word “chared” which means “trembling, fear.”
Jeremiah promises eventual restoration following a uniquely severe season of coming distress. Welcome to Bible Life Basics Chapter Reviews, I am Chris and this is Jeremiah 30.
Jeremiah is instructed to write in a book all the words God has spoken to him, since behold, the days come, that He will bring again the captivity of His people Israel and Judah, and cause them to return to the land He gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it, describing a coming day of great “trembling,” “chared” in Hebrew, none being like it, it being even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
Jeremiah describes how in that day God will break the yoke from off their neck, and burst their bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of them, but they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom He will raise up to them, urging them not to fear, for He is with them to save them, though He will make a full end of all the nations where He has scattered them, yet He will not make a full end of them, but correct them in measure, and will not leave them altogether unpunished.
Jeremiah describes their wound as incurable, and their bruise being grievous, there being none to plead their cause, that they may be bound up, they having no healing medicines, but promising that He will restore health to them, and heal their wounds, since they are called an outcast, saying, this is Zion, whom no man seeks after, describing how He will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on their dwelling places, the city being builded upon its own heap, and the palace remaining after its own manner, closing with the observation that the anger of the Lord shall not return, until He has done it, and until He has performed the intents of His heart, and in the latter days they shall consider it.
Jeremiah’s description of the time of Jacob’s trouble, a uniquely severe distress unlike anything before it, acknowledges real, sobering difficulty ahead without minimizing its genuine severity for the sake of premature comfort. His promise, though your wound seems incurable, I will restore health and heal your wounds, offers real hope that even circumstances feeling permanently broken remain genuinely subject to God’s restorative, healing power.
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