Jeremiah 30:4

4 These are the words the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah:

Jeremiah 30:4 in Other Translations

4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

4 These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah:

4 This is the message the LORD gave concerning Israel and Judah.

4 This is the way God put it to Israel and Judah:

4 And these are the words that Jehovah spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

4 This is the message that the LORD spoke about Israel and Judah:

4 These are the words the Lord spoke to Israel and Judah.

4 Here are the words the LORD spoke about Israel and Judah. He said,

Jeremiah 30:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 30:4

And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel,
and concerning Judah.
] Which follow in this chapter and the next; first concerning Israel, the ten tribes; and then concerning the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, even concerning all Israel; whereas, if this prophecy only respects the return from the captivity in Babylon, there is very little in it which concerns the ten tribes, or but a very few of them. The words may be rendered, "unto Israel, and unto Judah"; as being the persons to whom they were directed, as well as were the subjects of them.

Jeremiah 30:4 In-Context

2 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you.

3 The days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them to the land I gave their ancestors to possess,’ says the LORD.”

4 These are the words the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah:

5 “This is what the LORD says: “ ‘Cries of fear are heard— terror, not peace.

6 Ask and see: Can a man bear children? Then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor, every face turned deathly pale?