“Yahweh says.
‘As for you!
Have no fear!
My servant Jacob!
Do not be dismayed!
O Israel!
I am going to save you
From far away.
I will save your offspring
From the land
Of their captivity.
Jacob shall return.
They shall have quiet.
They shall have ease.
No one shall make them afraid.
I am with you!
I will save you!’
Says Yahweh.
‘I will make an end
Of all the nations
Among whom
I have scattered you.
But of you,
I will not make an end.
I will chastise you
In just measure.
I will by no means
Leave you unpunished.’”
Yahweh, via Jeremiah, said that Israel or Jacob did not have to fear or be dismayed. Yahweh was going to save them and their offspring from their captivity, even though he was far away. They would return and have peace and quiet. No one would make them afraid, because Yahweh was with them. He was going to bring an end to all the nations where the Israelites had been scattered. These countries would come to an end, but the Israelites would not come to an end. The Israelites were going to be chastised, but in a just measure, since they would not escape unpunished.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 