Jeremiah 30:10
in Jeremiah 30As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
KJV
Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
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This verse in Jeremiah 30
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
These two verses are considered by some very similar in style to the last 27 chapters of Isaiah. The contrast, however, between the full end made with the pagan, and the certainty that Israel shall never so perish, is one of Jeremiah’s most common topics. Jer 30:11 In measure - See the Jer 10:24 note.
This site's exposition
As for you, O Jacob My
on Jeremiah 30:10-11
“O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid” answers the terror of verse 5. The promise sets Israel apart: “Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you.” Discipline remains, “Yet I will discipline you justly.”
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 10, 11) Therefore do not be afraid, my servant Jacob, says the Lord; and do not be terrified, Israel. For behold, I will save you from a distant land, and your descendants from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return and be at rest, and shall enjoy abundant blessings, and there will be no one to fear: for I am with you, says the Lord, to save you. For I will make a complete destruction among all the nations where I have scattered you.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
): Fear thou not, O my servant Jacob! neither be dismayed. Note, Those that are God's servants must not give way to disquieting fears, whatever difficulties and dangers may be before them.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord,.... Since the Messiah, who is the Lord God, should be raised up to thorn, whom they should serve, and he should save them; and so had nothing to fear from their enemies; and had no reason to doubt of salvation and deliverance, seeing so great a person was engaged for them.
Though God correct them, and justly, for their sins, their manifold transgressions and mighty sins, yet he will return in mercy to them, and even their sin shall not prevent their deliverance when God's time shall come.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And you, fear not Because of all the evils that you will see befalling Babylon in whose midst you are.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
but I will chasten you in measure according to the law of the Torah.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתָּ֡ה | veatah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תִּירָא֩ | tira' | you fear | H3372 → | 315 times |
| עַבְדִּ֨י | ʾavdi | O servant my | H5650 → | 799 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֤ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהֹוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְאַל־ | veal- | and may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תֵּחַ֣ת | techat | you be dismayed | H2865 → | 52 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | O Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| כִּ֠י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הִנְנִ֤י | hini | here I | H2005 → | 316 times |
| מוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֙ | moshiakha | [am] about to save you | H3467 → | 206 times |
| מֵֽרָח֔וֹק | merachok | from a distant [land] | H7350 → | 84 times |
| וְאֶֽת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| זַרְעֲךָ֖ | zarakha | offspring your | H2233 → | 229 times |
| מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| שִׁבְיָ֑ם | shivyam | captivity their | H7628 → | 49 times |
| וְשָׁ֧ב | veshav | and he will return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֛ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| וְשָׁקַ֥ט | veshakat | and he will be undisturbed | H8252 → | 41 times |
| וְשַׁאֲנַ֖ן | veshaanan | and he will be at ease | H7599 → | 5 times |
| וְאֵ֥ין | veein | and there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| מַחֲרִֽיד׃ | macharid | [will be one who] terrifies | H2729 → | 39 times |
וְאַתָּ֡הand you
veatahH859 →1094 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תִּירָא֩you fear
tira'H3372 →315 times
עַבְדִּ֨יO servant my
ʾavdiH5650 →799 times
יַעֲקֹ֤בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהֹוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְאַל־and may not
veal-H408 →724 times
תֵּחַ֣תyou be dismayed
techatH2865 →52 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לO Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
כִּ֠יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
הִנְנִ֤יhere I
hiniH2005 →316 times
מוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֙[am] about to save you
moshiakhaH3467 →206 times
מֵֽרָח֔וֹקfrom a distant [land]
merachokH7350 →84 times
וְאֶֽת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
זַרְעֲךָ֖offspring your
zarakhaH2233 →229 times
מֵאֶ֣רֶץfrom [the] land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
שִׁבְיָ֑םcaptivity their
shivyamH7628 →49 times
וְשָׁ֧בand he will return
veshavH7725 →1056 times
יַעֲקֹ֛בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
וְשָׁקַ֥טand he will be undisturbed
veshakatH8252 →41 times
וְשַׁאֲנַ֖ןand he will be at ease
veshaananH7599 →5 times
וְאֵ֥יןand there not
veeinH369 →789 times
מַחֲרִֽיד׃[will be one who] terrifies
macharidH2729 →39 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 44:2This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
- Isaiah 43:1
Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your…
- Isaiah 46:3–4
“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
- Isaiah 44:24
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
- Isaiah 43:7
everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
- Jeremiah 1:5
Through
Isaiah 43:5Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 30:3
then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
- Luke 13:29
People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
- Isaiah 49:12
Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
- Deuteronomy 30:3
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.