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The Restoration of Israel and Judah

Jeremiah 30:5

In 11 translations

BSB
Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard— a cry of terror, not of peace.
KJV
For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.of fear…: or, there is fear, and not peace
WEB
For Yahweh says: “We have heard a voice of trembling; a voice of fear, and not of peace.
ASV
For thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
LSV
Surely thus said YHWH: “We have heard a voice of trembling, || Fear—and there is no peace.
YLT
Surely thus said Jehovah: A voice of trembling we have heard, Fear — and there is no peace.
DBY
for thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, there is fear, and no peace.
DRC
For thus saith the Lord: We have heard a voice of terror: there is fear and no peace.
GNV
For thus saith the Lord, wee haue heard a terrible voyce, of feare and not of peace.
JPS
For thus saith the LORD: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
LXXE37:5
for thy fatherless one to be left to live, but I shall live, and the widows trust in me. Thus said the Lord: Ye shall hear a sound of fear, there is fear, and there is not peace.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה ק֥וֹל חֲרָדָ֖ה שָׁמָ֑עְנוּ פַּ֖חַד וְאֵ֥ין שָׁלֽוֹם׃
LXX-Br37:5
ὑπολείπεσθαι ὀρφανόν σου, ἵνα ζήσηται· καὶ ἐγὼ ζήσομαι, καὶ αἱ χῆραι ἐπʼ ἐμὲ πεποίθασιν· Οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος, φωνὴν φόβου ἀκούσεσθε· φόβος, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν εἰρήνη.

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  • Isaiah 5:30In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
  • Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome…
  • Zephaniah 1:10–11On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills. Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all…
  • Luke 19:41–44As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you when your…
  • Luke 21:25–26There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves. Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming…
  • Luke 23:29–30Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’ At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills,…
  • Jeremiah 25:36Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
  • Jeremiah 46:5Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
  • Jeremiah 8:19Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless…
  • Jeremiah 9:19For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”
  • Jeremiah 4:15–20For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim. Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of…
  • Isaiah 59:11We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
  • Jeremiah 6:23–25They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.” We have heard the report; our…
  • Amos 5:16–18Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners…
  • Jeremiah 31:15–16This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice…

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  • 37:5 in some Bibles
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