Jeremiah 30:7
“Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.”
King James Version
The unprecedented time of Jacob's trouble, identified with Daniel's 70th week and the Great Tribulation.
Fulfillment References
Daniel 12:1 Matthew 24:21 Revelation 7:14
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'Jacob's trouble' is the great tribulation that precedes Messiah's deliverance of Israel — 'but he shall be saved out of it.' The same Lord Jesus, the one God, returns to deliver His covenant people, who will look on Him whom they pierced (Zech. 12:10) and be saved (Rom. 11:26). Apostolics hold the church is kept from this hour (Rev. 3:10).
JewishA promise that however terrible the coming distress, Israel (Jacob) will be delivered; applied to the nation's historic and future tribulations, always with ultimate restoration.
CatholicA prophecy of Israel's distress and divine deliverance, fulfilled typologically in the trials of God's people and consummated at the end.
ProtestantA key tribulation text — dispensationalists identify 'Jacob's trouble' with the future seven-year Tribulation centered on Israel; others read it of the Babylonian crisis and beyond, with national restoration.
AcademicSet in Jeremiah's 'Book of Consolation' (chs. 30-31); the oracle promises restoration after the Babylonian catastrophe — 'Jacob's trouble' denoting national distress followed by deliverance.
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