Jeremiah 30:1-6

1 The Lord, the God of Israel,
2 said to me, "Write down in a book everything that I have told you,
3 because the time is coming when I will restore my people, Israel and Judah. I will bring them back to the land that I gave their ancestors, and they will take possession of it again. I, the Lord, have spoken."
4 The Lord says to the people of Israel and Judah,
5 "I heard a cry of terror, a cry of fear and not of peace.
6 Now stop and think! Can a man give birth to a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor? Why is everyone so pale?
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.