| Chapter
33 |
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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, |
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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. |
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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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5 | 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. |
| 6 | Behold, I will bring it
health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance
of peace and truth. |
| 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. |
| 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, |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | 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. |
| 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. |
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17 | For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit
upon the throne of the house of Israel; |
| 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, |
| 20 | 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; |
| 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. |
