Jeremiah 30 · Verse 5

Jeremiah 30:5

For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
Jeremiah 30:5, King James Version

Jeremiah 30:5 in other translations

BSBYes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard— a cry of terror, not of peace.
WEBFor the LORD says: “We have heard a voice of trembling; a voice of fear, and not of peace.
ASVFor thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
YLTSurely thus said Jehovah: A voice of trembling we have heard, Fear--and there is no peace.
DARBYfor thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, there is fear, and no peace.
BBEThis is what the Lord has said: A voice of shaking fear has come to our ears, of fear and not of peace.
WebsterFor thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

What does Jeremiah 30:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. We have heard ... trembling--God introduces the Jews speaking that which they will be reduced to at last in spite of their stubbornness. Threat and promise are combined: the former briefly; namely, the misery of the Jews in the Babylonian captivity down to their "trembling" and "fear" arising from the approach of the Medo-Persian army of Cyrus against Babylon; the promise is more fully dwelt on; namely, their "trembling" will issue in a deliverance as speedy as is the transition from a woman's labor pangs to her joy at giving birth to a child (Jr 30:6).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 We have heard a voice of trembling - This may refer to the state and feelings of the people during the war which Cyrus carried on against the Babylonians. Trembling and terror would no doubt affect them, and put an end to peace and all prosperity; as they could not tell what would be the issue of the struggle, and whether their state would be better or worse should their present masters fall in the conflict. This is well described in the next verse, where men are represented as being, through pain and anguish, like women in travail. See the same comparison Isa 13:6-8.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 30:1-11

Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24) Verses 1-11 Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by his order, are truly his word. He must…

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Jeremiah 30:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּי\־ki-forH3588
כֹה֙khohthusH3541
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
ק֥וֹלKola sound ofH6963
חֲרָדָ֖הcha.ra.DahfearH2731
שָׁמָ֑עְנוּsha.Ma.'e.nuwe have heardH8085
פַּ֖חַדPa.chaddreadH6343
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there notH369
שָׁלֽוֹם\׃sha.Lom[is] peaceH7965

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 30:5

  • Isaiah 5:30

    And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

  • Luke 19:41-44

    And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

  • Zephaniah 1:10-11

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

  • Amos 8:10

    And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

  • Jeremiah 9:19

    For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.

  • Isaiah 59:11

    We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

  • Jeremiah 8:19

    Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

  • Jeremiah 31:15-16

    Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

  • Jeremiah 46:5

    Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 25:36

    A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture.

  • Jeremiah 4:15-20

    For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord. Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. …

  • Amos 5:16-18

    Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord. Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a voice.
4:15-20; 6:23,24; 8:19; 9:19; 25:36; 31:15,16; Isa 5:30; 59:11
Am 5:16-18; 8:10; Zep 1:10,11; Lu 19:41-44; 21:25,26; 23:29-30
of fear, and not of peace. or, there is fear, and not peace.
46:5

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Context

  • Jeremiah 30:4

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

  • Jeremiah 30:5

    For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

  • Jeremiah 30:6

    Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

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Jeremiah 30:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque así ha dicho Jehová: Hemos oído voz de temblor: espanto, y no paz.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
car ainsi dit l’ Éternel: Nous entendons la voix de la frayeur; il y a la peur, et point de paix.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn so spricht Jehova: Eine Stimme des Schreckens haben wir gehört; da ist Furcht und kein Friede.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quoniam hæc dicit Dominus: Vocem terroris audivimus: formido, et non est pax.