JEREMIAH 33

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Promise of Restoration

   1 While Jeremiah was still confined in the

courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came

to him a second time:   2 "This is what the LORD says,

he who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and

established it--the LORD is his name:   3 'Call to me

and I will answer you and tell you great and

unsearchable things you do not know.'   4 For this is

what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the

houses in this city and the royal palaces of Judah

that have been torn down to be used against the

siege ramps and the sword   5 in the fight with the

Babylonians: They will be filled with the dead

bodies of the people I will slay in my anger and

wrath. I will hide my face from this city because 

of all its wickedness.

   6 " 'Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to 

it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant

peace and security.   7 I will bring Judah and Israel back

from captivity and will rebuild them as they were befor.

8 I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed

against me.   9 Then this city will bring me renown, joy, 

praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of

all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and 

will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I 

provide for it.'

   10 "This is what the LORD says: 'You say about this

place, "It is a desolate waste, without people or

animals."  Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of

Jerusalem that are deserted, inhabited by neither

people nor animals, there will be heard once more

11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and

bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank

offerings to the house of the LORD, saying,

"Give thanks to the LORD Alminghty,

   for the LORD is good;

   his love endures forever."
For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were

before,' says the LORD.

   12 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'In this place,

desolate and without people or animals--in all its towns

there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their

flocks.   13 In the towns of the hill country, of the western

foothills and of the Negev, in the territory of Benjamin,

in the villages around Jerusalem and in the towns of

Judah, flocks will again pass under the hand of the one

who counts them,' says the LORD.

   14 " 'The days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I

will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of

Israel and Judah.

15 " 'In those days and at that time

   I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line;

   he will do what is just and right in the land.

16 In those days Judah will be saved

   and Jerusalem will live in safety.

This is the name by which it will be called:

   The LORD Our Righteous Savior.'

17 For this is what the LORD says: 'David will never fail to

have a man to sit on the throne of Israel,   18 nor will the

Levitical priests ever fail to have a man to stand before

me continually to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain

offerings and to present sacrifices.' "

   19 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:   20 "This is

what the LORD says: 'If you can break my covenant with

the day and my covenant with the night, so that day

and nitht no longer come at their appointed time,

21 then my covenant with David my servant-- and my

covenant with the Levites who are priests ministering

before me--can be broken and David will no longer

have a descendant to reign on his throne.   22 I will make

the descendants of David my servant and the Levites

who minister before me as countless as the stars in the

sky and as measureless as the sand on the seashore.' "

   23 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:   24 "Have

you not noticed that these people are saying, 'The LORD

has rejected the two kingdoms he chose' ? So they

despise my people and no longer regard them as a

nation.   25 This is what the LORD says: 'If I have not made

my covenant with day and night and established the

laws of heaven and earth,   26 then I will reject the

descendants of Jacob and David my servant and will

not choose one of his sons to rule over the

descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For I will

restore their fortunes and have compassion on them.' "