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VI. THERE BEING A GREAT DAY,
A TIME OF DISTRESS, FOR ISRAEL

Jeremiah 30:5-8 reveals that there will be a great day, a time of distress, for Israel.

A. The Time of the Great Tribulation
for Three and a Half Years

Verse 7a says, "Alas! For that day is great, / And there is none like it; / And it is a time of distress for Jacob." This great day, this time of distress, is the time of the great tribulation for three and a half years (Matt. 24:21; Dan. 12:7b; Rev. 13:5, 7a). Jeremiah 30 refers to the great tribulation during the last three and a half years of this age.

B. Israel Being Saved out of It

Jeremiah 30:7b tells us that Israel will be saved out of this great tribulation (Dan. 12:1).

C. Jehovah Breaking Israel’s Yoke
from upon Her Neck
and Tearing Off Her Bonds

In Jeremiah 30:8 Jehovah promised that, in that day, He will break the yoke from upon Israel’s neck and tear off her bonds. The strangers will no longer make her serve them.

(Life-Study of Jeremiah and Lamentations, Chapter 24, by Witness Lee)