Jeremiah 33

33^*Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet ^ashut up in the court of the prison, saying, ²Thus saith the Lord ^bthe maker thereof, the Lord ^bthat formed it, to establish it; ^||cthe Lord is his name; ^3dCall unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and ^||mighty things, ^ewhich thou knowest not. ⁴For 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 ^fthe mounts, and by the sword; ^5gThey come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain ^hin mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness ⁱI have hid my face from this city. ⁶Behold, ^kI will bring it health and cure, and ^kI will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. ⁷And ^lI will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and ^mwill build them, ⁿas at the first. ⁸And ^oI will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and ^pI will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. ⁹And ^qit 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 ^rfear and ^stremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. ¹⁰Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall be heard in this place, ^twhich ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even ^uin the cities of Judah, ^uand in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and ^vwithout inhabitant, and without beast, ^11wThe 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, ^xPraise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring ^ythe sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For ^lI will cause to return the captivity of the land, ⁿas at the first, saith the Lord. ¹²Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate ^yywithout man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be ^zan habitation of shepherds ^acausing their flocks to lie down. ¹³In ^bthe cities of the mountains, in ^bthe cities of the vale, and in ^bthe cities of the south, and in ^bthe land of Benjamin, and in ^bthe places about Jerusalem, and in ^bthe cities of Judah, ^cshall the flocks pass again ^dunder the hands ^eof him that telleth them, saith the Lord.

^14fBehold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I ^gwill perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. ¹⁵In 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. ¹⁶In 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. ¹⁷For thus saith the Lord; ^†hDavid shall never want a man ⁱto sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; ¹⁸Neither shall ^jthe priests the Levites want a man before me ^kto offer burnt offerings, and ^lto kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

¹⁹And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying, ²⁰Thus saith the Lord; ^mIf 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; ²¹ⁿThen may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son ⁱto reign upon his throne; and with ^jthe Levites the priests, my ministers. ²²As ^opthe host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither ^qthe sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

²³Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, ²⁴Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even ^pcast them off? thus they have despised my people, ^qqthat they should be no more a nation before them. ²⁵Thus saith the Lord; ^mIf my covenant be not with day and night, and ^rif I have not appointed ^sthe ordinances of heaven and earth; ^26pThen 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 ^tI will cause their captivity to return, ^uand have mercy on them.