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Chapter 33 |
| 1 | Moreover the
word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up
in the court of the prison, saying, |
| 2 | Thus saith the LORD the maker
thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
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| 3 | Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty
things, which thou knowest not. |
| 4 | For thus saith the LORD, the
God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of
the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the
sword; |
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They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them
with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury,
and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. |
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Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal
unto them the abundance of peace and truth. |
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7 | And I will cause the
captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them,
as at the first. |
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8 | And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity,
whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities,
whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.
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| 9 | And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all
the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them:
and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity
that I procure unto it. |
| 10 | Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be
heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without
beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are
desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, |
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The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and
the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of
hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that
shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will
cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the
LORD. |
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is
desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be
an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. |
| 13 | In
the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of
the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and
in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that
telleth them, saith the LORD. |
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14 | Behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of
Israel and to the house of Judah. |
| 15 | In those days, and at that
time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he
shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. |
| 16 | In those
days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the
name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. |
| 17 | For
thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the
house of Israel; |
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18 | Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man
before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do
sacrifice continually. |
| 19 | And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah,
saying, |
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| Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the
day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night
in their season; |
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21 | Then may also my covenant be broken with David my
servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the
Levites the priests, my ministers. |
| 22 | As the host of heaven cannot
be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed
of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. |
| 23 | Moreover
the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, |
| 24 | Considerest
thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD
hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people,
that they should be no more a nation before them. |
| 25 | Thus saith
the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed
the ordinances of heaven and earth; |
| 26 | Then will I cast away the
seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to
be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their
captivity to return, and have mercy on them. |
