Vulgate: Jeremiah: Jeremiah Chapter 30

This is Jeremiah 30:1–24 from the Latin Vulgate Bible, part of what scholars call the "Book of Consolation" — a prophetic oracle embedded within the larger book of Jeremiah. God instructs the prophet to record his words in writing, then delivers a dual message of judgment and future restoration addressed to Israel and Judah. The central argument moves from punishment to promise: Israel's wounds are described as incurable and self-inflicted through persistent sin, yet God pledges to heal them, scatter their enemies, and return the exiles to their ancestral land. A distinctive feature is the vivid "time of Jacob's trouble" passage (vv. 5–7), which depicts a cosmic day of terror unlike any other, followed immediately by the assurance that Israel will be saved out of it. The oracle also promises the breaking of foreign yokes, the restoration of Jerusalem and the Temple, and the raising up of a native ruler who will draw near to God — a messianic-adjacent motif. The passage closes with a warning that God's wrath will not relent until it falls fully on the wicked, with the note that its meaning will only be understood "in the latter days." Readers drawn to biblical prophecy, Jeremiah's theology of exile and return, or the literary structure of lament-and-consolation will find this passage representative of the book's most hope-oriented register.

Vulgate: Jeremiah: Jeremiah Chapter 30

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