| Chapter 33
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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; |
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; |
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. |
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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. |
7 | And I will cause the captivity of
Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the
first. |
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.
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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; |
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; |
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.
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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.
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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. |
