Jeremiah 33

CHAPTER 33

Yahweh Will Pardon the People’s Iniquity

¹Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still ^1aconfined in the court of the guard, saying,

²“Thus says ^aYahweh who made ¹the earth, Yahweh who formed it to establish it; ^bYahweh is His name,

³‘^aCall to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you ^bgreat and mighty things, ^cwhich you do not know.’

⁴“For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning the ^ahouses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are torn down to make a defense against the ^bsiege ramps and against the sword,

⁵‘While they are coming to ^afight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have struck down in My anger and in My wrath, and I have ^bhidden My face from this city because of all their evil:

⁶‘Behold, I will bring to it ^ahealth and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an ^babundance of peace and truth.

⁷‘I will ^1areturn the ²fortunes of Judah and the ³fortunes of Israel and will ^brebuild them as they were at first.

⁸‘And I will ^acleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me.

⁹‘And ¹it will be to Me a ^aname of joy, praise, and beauty before ^ball the nations of the earth which will hear of all the ^cgood that I do for them, and they will ^dbe in dread and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.’

¹⁰“Thus says Yahweh, ‘Yet again there will be heard in this place, of which you say, “It is a ^awaste, without man and without beast,” that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are ^bdesolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast,

¹¹the voice of ^ajoy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say,

“^bGive thanks to Yahweh of hosts,

For Yahweh is good,

For His lovingkindness endures forever”;

and of those who bring a ^cthank offering into the house of Yahweh. For I will ¹return the ²fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says Yahweh.

¹²“Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘There will again be in this place which is waste, ^awithout man or beast, and in all its cities, ¹an abode of shepherds who cause their ^bflocks to lie down.

¹³‘In the ^acities of the hill country, in the cities of the ¹Shephelah, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the surroundings of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again ^bpass under the hands of the one who numbers them,’ says Yahweh.

The Righteous Branch of David

¹⁴‘Behold, ^adays are coming,’ declares Yahweh, ‘when I will ^bestablish the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

¹⁵‘In those days and at that time I will cause a ^arighteous Branch of David to branch forth; and He shall do ^bjustice and righteousness on the earth.

¹⁶‘In those days ^aJudah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell in security; and this is the name by which she will be called: ^bYahweh is our righteousness.’

¹⁷“For thus says Yahweh, ‘¹David shall ^anot have a man cut off from sitting on the throne of the house of Israel;

¹⁸¹and the ^aLevitical priests shall not have a man cut off from before Me who is to offer burnt offerings, to offer up grain offerings in smoke, and to ^bperform sacrifices ²continually.’”

¹⁹Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying,

²⁰“Thus says Yahweh, ‘If you can ^abreak My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,

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

²²‘As the ^ahost of heaven cannot be counted and the ^bsand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will ^cmultiply the seed of David My servant and the ^dLevites who minister to Me.’”

²³And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying,

²⁴“Have you not seen what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The ^atwo families which Yahweh chose, He has ^brejected them’? Thus they have ^cspurned My people from being a nation any longer ¹in their sight.

²⁵“Thus says Yahweh, ‘If My ^acovenant for day and night stand not, and the statutes for heaven and earth I have ^bnot established,

²⁶then I would ^areject the seed of Jacob and David My servant, ¹not taking from his seed ^brulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But I will ^2creturn their ³fortunes and will have ^dcompassion on them.’”