Jeremiah 33

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The Excellence of the Restored Nation

¹While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:

¹And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah a second time (and he was still shut up in the court of the guard), saying:

²“Thus says the LORD who made the earth,^a the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:

²“Thus says YHWH, who made the earth, YHWH who formed it to establish it—YHWH is His name:

³Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

³Call to Me and I will answer you, and will show to you great and hidden things that you have not known.

⁴For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword:

⁴For thus says YHWH, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah pulled down against the siege mounds and against the sword:

⁵The Chaldeans are coming to fight^a and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.

⁵They are coming in to fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the carcasses of the men whom I will slay in My anger and in My fury, and for whom I have hidden My face from this city and over all their evil.

⁶Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

⁶Behold, I will bring to it health and healing; and I will heal them and will reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

⁷I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity^a and will rebuild them as in former times.

⁷And I will turn back the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel, and I will rebuild them as at the first.

⁸And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.

⁸And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will forgive all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me.

⁹So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.

⁹And it will be for Me as a name of joy, as a praise and as an honor before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good that I am doing for them, and they will dread and will tremble over all the goodness and over all the prosperity that I will provide for it.

¹⁰This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again

¹⁰Thus says YHWH: Once again there will be heard in this place of which you say it is desolate without man and without beast, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate without man and without inhabitant and without beast,

¹¹the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying:

‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts,

for the LORD is good;

His loving devotion endures forever.’

For I will restore the land from captivity^a as in former times, says the LORD.

¹¹the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those saying—‘Praise YHWH of Hosts, for YHWH is good, for His loving devotion is forever’—of those bringing thank offerings into the house of YHWH. For I will turn back the captivity of the land as at the first, says YHWH.

¹²This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.

¹²Thus says YHWH of Hosts: Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all its cities, there will be a dwelling place of shepherds causing the flock to lie down.

¹³In the cities of the hill country, the foothills,^a and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.

¹³In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negev, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flock will pass again under the hands of the one counting, says YHWH.

The Covenant with David

¹⁴Behold, the days are coming,

declares the LORD,

when I will fulfill the gracious promise

that I have spoken

to the house of Israel

and the house of Judah.

¹⁴Behold, the days are coming, a declaration of YHWH, when I will establish the good word that I have spoken to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.

¹⁵In those days and at that time

I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch,

and He will administer justice

and righteousness in the land.

¹⁵In those days and at that time I will cause to spring up for David a Branch of righteousness, and he will do justice and righteousness in the land.

¹⁶In those days Judah will be saved,

and Jerusalem will dwell securely,

and this is the name by which it will be called:

The LORD Our Righteousness.^a

¹⁶In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell in safety; and this is is what will be called unto her: YHWH Tsidqenu.

¹⁷For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

¹⁷For thus says YHWH: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

¹⁸nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.”

¹⁸nor will the priests, the Levites, lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice all the days.

¹⁹And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

¹⁹And came the word of YHWH to Jeremiah, saying:

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 night cease to occupy their appointed time,

²⁰“Thus says YHWH: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season,

²¹then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.

²¹then also My covenant may be broken with David My servant, from there being unto him a son reigning on his throne; so with the Levites, the priests, those ministering to Me.

²²As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”

²²As the host of the heavens cannot be numbered and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so will I multiply the seed of David My servant and the Levites ministering to Me.

²³Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

²³And came the word of YHWH to Jeremiah, saying:

²⁴“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.

²⁴“Have you not considered what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families that YHWH has chosen, and He has rejected them? Thus they have despised My people from being anymore a nation before them.

²⁵This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,

²⁵Thus says YHWH: If My covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the fixed orders of the heavens and earth,

²⁶then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity^a and will have compassion on them.”

²⁶then the seed of Jacob and David My servant will I refuse to take from his seed to be reigning over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will turn back their captivity, and T will have mercy on them.