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Restoration Promised
Then the word of the Loʀᴅ came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still 1Aconfined in the court of the guard, saying, Thus says Athe Loʀᴅ who made 1the earth, the Loʀᴅ who formed it to establish it, the BLoʀᴅ is His name, ACall to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you Bgreat and mighty things, Cwhich you do not know.’  “For thus says the Loʀᴅ God of Israel concerning the Ahouses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are broken down to make a defense against the Bsiege ramps and against the sword, ‘While they are coming to Afight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My wrath, and I have Bhidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness:  ‘Behold, I will bring to it Ahealth and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an Babundance of peace and truth.  ‘I will Arestore the 1fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel and will Brebuild them as they were at first.  ‘I will Acleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me.  ‘1It will be to Me a Aname of joy, praise and glory before Ball the nations of the earth which will hear of all the Cgood that I do for them, and they will Dfear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.’
10 Thus says the Loʀᴅ, ‘Yet again there will be heard in this place, of which you say, “It is a Awaste, without man and without beast,” that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are Bdesolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast, 11 the voice of Ajoy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say,
BGive thanks to the Loʀᴅ of hosts,
For the Loʀᴅ is good,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting”;
and of those who bring a Cthank offering into the house of the Loʀᴅ. For I will restore the 1fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says the Loʀᴅ.
12 Thus says the Loʀᴅ of hosts, ‘There will again be in this place which is waste, Awithout man or beast, and in all its cities, a 1habitation of shepherds who rest their Bflocks. 13  ‘In the Acities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again Bpass under the hands of the one who numbers them,’ says the Loʀᴅ.
The Davidic Kingdom
14 Behold, Adays are coming,’ declares the Loʀᴅ, ‘when I will Bfulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15  ‘In those days and at that time I will cause a Arighteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute Bjustice and righteousness on the earth. 16  ‘In those days AJudah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell in safety; and this is the name by which she will be called: the BLoʀᴅ is our righteousness.’ 17  “For thus says the Loʀᴅ, ‘1David shall Anever lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel; 18  1and the ALevitical priests shall never lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to Bprepare sacrifices 2continually.’ ”
19 The word of the Loʀᴅ came to Jeremiah, saying, 20 Thus says the Loʀᴅ, ‘If you can Abreak My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time, 21 then AMy covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers. 22  ‘As the Ahost of heaven cannot be counted and the Bsand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will Cmultiply the 1descendants of David My servant and the DLevites who minister to Me.’ ”
23 And the word of the Loʀᴅ came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 “Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The Atwo families which the Loʀᴅ chose, He has Brejected them’? Thus they Cdespise My people, no longer are they as a nation 1in their sight. 25  “Thus says the Loʀᴅ, ‘If My Acovenant for day and night stand not, and the 1fixed patterns of heaven and earth I have Bnot established, 26  then I would Areject the 1descendants of Jacob and David My servant, 2not taking from his 1descendants Brulers over the 1descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will Crestore their 3fortunes and will have Dmercy on them.’ ”
1 33:1 Lit shut up A 33:1 Jer 32:2, 8; 37:21; 38:28 A 33:2 Jer 51:19 1 33:2 Lit it B 33:2 Ex 3:15; 6:3; 15:3; Jer 10:16 A 33:3 Ps 50:15; 91:15; Is 55:6, 7; Jer 29:12 B 33:3 Jer 32:17, 27 C 33:3 Is 48:6 A 33:4 Is 32:13, 14 B 33:4 Jer 32:24; Ezek 4:2; 21:22; Hab 1:10 A 33:5 Jer 21:4-7; 32:5 B 33:5 Is 8:17; Jer 21:10; Mic 3:4 A 33:6 Jer 17:14; 30:17; Hos 6:1 B 33:6 Is 66:12; Gal 5:22, 23 A 33:7 Ps 85:1; Jer 30:18; 32:44; 33:26; Amos 9:14 1 33:7 Or captivity B 33:7 Is 1:26; Jer 30:18; 31:4, 38; Amos 9:14, 15 A 33:8 Ps 51:2; Is 44:22; Jer 50:20; Ezek 36:25, 33; Mic 7:18, 19; Zech 13:1; Heb 9:11-14 1 33:9 I.e. This city A 33:9 Is 62:2, 4, 7; Jer 13:11 B 33:9 Jer 3:17, 19; 4:2; 16:19 C 33:9 Jer 24:6; 32:42 D 33:9 Neh 6:16; Ps 40:3; Is 60:5; Hos 3:5 A 33:10 Jer 32:43 B 33:10 Jer 26:9; 34:22 A 33:11 Is 35:10; 51:3, 11 B 33:11 1 Chr 16:8, 34; 2 Chr 5:13; 7:3; Ezra 3:11; Ps 100:4, 5; 106:1; 107:1; 118:1; 136:1 C 33:11 Lev 7:12, 13; Ps 107:22; 116:17; Jer 17:26; Heb 13:15 1 33:11 Or captivity A 33:12 Jer 32:43; 36:29; 51:62 1 33:12 Or pasture B 33:12 Is 65:10; Jer 31:12; Ezek 34:12-15; Zeph 2:6, 7 A 33:13 Jer 17:26; 32:44 B 33:13 Lev 27:32; Luke 15:4 A 33:14 Jer 23:5 B 33:14 Is 32:1, 2; Jer 29:10; 32:42; 33:9; Ezek 34:23-25; Hag 2:6-9 A 33:15 Is 4:2; 11:1-5; Jer 23:5, 6; 30:9; Zech 3:8; 6:12, 13 B 33:15 Ps 72:1-5 A 33:16 Is 45:17, 22; Jer 23:6 B 33:16 Is 45:24, 25; Jer 23:6; 1 Cor 1:30; 2 Cor 5:21; Phil 3:9 1 33:17 Lit There shall not be cut off for David A 33:17 2 Sam 7:16; 1 Kin 2:4; 8:25; 1 Chr 17:11-14; Ps 89:29-37 1 33:18 Lit there shall not be cut off for the Levitical priests A 33:18 Num 3:5-10; Deut 18:1; 24:8; Josh 3:3; Ezek 44:15 B 33:18 Ezra 3:5; Heb 13:15 2 33:18 Lit all the days A 33:20 Ps 89:37; 104:19-23; Is 54:9, 10; Jer 31:35-37; 33:25 A 33:21 2 Sam 23:5; 2 Chr 7:18; 21:7 A 33:22 Gen 15:5; Jer 31:37 B 33:22 Gen 22:17 C 33:22 Ezek 37:24-27 1 33:22 Lit seed D 33:22 Is 66:21; Jer 33:18 A 33:24 Is 7:17; 11:13; Jer 3:7, 8, 10, 18; 33:26; Ezek 37:22 B 33:24 Jer 30:17 C 33:24 Neh 4:2-4; Esth 3:6, 8, 9; Ps 44:13, 14; 83:4 1 33:24 Lit to their faces A 33:25 Gen 8:22; Jer 31:35, 36; 33:20 1 33:25 Lit statutes B 33:25 Ps 74:16, 17 A 33:26 Jer 31:37 1 33:26 Lit seed 2 33:26 Lit from taking 1 33:26 Lit seed B 33:26 Gen 49:10 1 33:26 Lit seed C 33:26 Jer 33:7 3 33:26 Or captivity D 33:26 Is 14:1; 54:8; Jer 31:20; Ezek 39:25; Hos 1:7; 2:23