Jeremiah 33

¹The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard :

²Thus says the Lord who made the earth, the Lord who formed it to establish it— the Lord is his name :

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

⁴For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel , concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against the siege mounds and against the sword :

⁵They are coming in to fight against the Chaldeans and to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I shall strike down in my anger and my wrath , for I have hidden my face from this city because of all their evil .

⁶Behold , I will bring to it health and healing , and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security .

⁷I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel , and rebuild them as they were at first .

⁸I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.

⁹And this city shall be to me a name of joy , a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.

¹⁰Thus says the Lord: In this place of which you say , It is a waste without man or beast , in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate , without man or inhabitant or beast , there shall be heard again

¹¹the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness , the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride , the voices of those who sing , as they bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord: Give thanks to the Lord of hosts , for the Lord is good , for his steadfast love endures forever ! For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first , says the Lord.

¹²Thus says the Lord of hosts : In this place that is waste , without man or beast , and in all of its cities , there shall again be habitations of shepherds resting their flocks .

¹³In the cities of the hill country , in the cities of the Shephelah , and in the cities of the Negeb , in the land of Benjamin , the places about Jerusalem , and in the cities of Judah , flocks shall again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the Lord.

¹⁴Behold , the days are coming , declares the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah .

¹⁵In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David , and he shall execute 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 is our righteousness .

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

¹⁸and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man in my presence to offer burnt offerings , to burn grain offerings , and to make sacrifices forever .

¹⁹The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah :

²⁰Thus says the Lord: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night , so that day and night will not come at their appointed time ,

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

²²As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured , so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant , and the Levitical priests who minister to me.

²³The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah :

²⁴Have you not observed that these people are saying , The Lord has rejected the two clans that he chose ? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight .

²⁵Thus says the Lord: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth ,

²⁶then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob . For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.