Chapter 33
1 Moreover the LORD ’s word came to Jeremiah the second time , while he was still locked up in the court of the guard , saying ,
2 " The LORD who does it , the LORD who forms it to establish it — the LORD is his name , says :
3 ‘ Call to me , and I will answer you , and will show you great and difficult things , which you don’t know .’
4 For the LORD , the God of Israel , says concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah , which are broken down to make a defence against the mounds and against the sword :
5 ‘ While men come to fight with the Chaldeans , and to fill them with the dead bodies of men , whom I have killed in my anger and in my wrath , and for all whose wickedness I have hidden my face from this city ,
6 behold , I will bring it health and healing , and I will cure them ; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.
7 I will restore the fortunes of Judah and Israel , and will build them as at the first .
8 I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against me . I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against me and by which they have transgressed against me .
9 This city will be to me for a name of joy , for praise , and for glory , before all the nations of the earth, which will hear all the good that I do to them , and will fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I provide to it .’"
10 The LORD says : " Yet again there will be heard in this place , about which you say, ‘ It is waste , without man and without animal, even in the cities of Judah , and in the streets of Jerusalem , that are desolate , without man and without inhabitant and without animal,’
11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness , the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride , the voice of those who say , ‘ Give thanks to the LORD of Armies , for the LORD is good , for his loving kindness endures forever ;’ who bring thanksgiving into the LORD ’s house . For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed as at the first ," says the LORD .
12 The LORD of Armies says : " Yet again there will be in this place , which is waste , without man and without animal , and in all its cities , a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down .
13 In the cities of the hill country , in the cities of the lowland , in the cities of the South , in the land of Benjamin , in the places around Jerusalem , and in the cities of Judah , the flocks will again pass under the hands of him who counts them ," says the LORD .
14 " Behold , the days come ," says the LORD , " that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah .
15 " In those days and at that time , I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David . He will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
16 In those days Judah will be saved , and Jerusalem will dwell safely. This is the name by which she will be called : The LORD our righteousness ."
17 For the LORD says : " David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel .
18 The Levitical priests won’t lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings , to burn meal offerings , and to do sacrifice continually ."
19 The LORD ’s word came to Jeremiah , saying ,
20 " The LORD says : ‘ If you can break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night , so that there will not be day and night in their time ,
21 then my covenant could also be broken with David my servant , that he won’t have a son to reign on his throne ; and with the Levitical priests , my ministers .
22 As the army of the sky can ’t be counted , and the sand of the sea can ’t be measured , so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant and the Levites who minister to me .’"
23 The LORD ’s word came to Jeremiah , saying ,
24 "Don’t consider what this people has spoken , saying , ‘ Has the LORD cast off the two families which he chose?’ Thus they despise my people , that they should be no more a nation before them ."
25 The LORD says : " If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth ,
26 then I will also cast away the offspring of Jacob , and of David my servant , so that I will not take of his offspring to be rulers over the offspring of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob ; for I will cause their captivity to be reversed and will have mercy on them ."