Jeremiah 33:6-26

6Behold, I will bring to it 1health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an 2abundance of peace and truth. 7I will 3restore the 4fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel and will 5rebuild them as they were at first. 8I will 6cleanse 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. 97It will be to Me a 8name of joy, praise and glory before 9all the nations of the earth which will hear of all the 10good that I do for them, and they will 11fear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.’

10“Thus says the Lord, ‘Yet again there will be heard in this place, of which you say, “It is a 12waste, without man and without beast,” that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are 13desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast, 11the voice of 14joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, “15Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, For the Lord is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting”; and of those who bring a 16thank offering into the house of the Lord. For I will restore the 17fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says the Lord.

12“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘There will again be in this place which is waste, 18without man or beast, and in all its cities, a 19habitation of shepherds who rest their 20flocks. 13In the 21cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again 22pass under the hands of the one who numbers them,’ says the Lord.

14‘Behold, 23days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will 24fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15In those days and at that time I will cause a 25righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute 26justice and righteousness on the earth. 16In those days 27Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell in safety; and this is the name by which she will be called: the 28Lord is our righteousness.’ 17For thus says the Lord, ‘29David shall 30never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel; 1831and the 32Levitical priests shall never lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to 33prepare sacrifices 34continually.’”

19The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 20“Thus says the Lord, ‘If you can 35break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time, 21then 36My 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. 22As the 37host of heaven cannot be counted and the 38sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will 39multiply the 40descendants of David My servant and the 41Levites who minister to Me.’”

23And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 24“Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The 42two families which the Lord chose, He has 43rejected them’? Thus they 44despise My people, no longer are they as a nation 45in their sight. 25Thus says the Lord, ‘If My 46covenant for day and night stand not, and the 47fixed patterns of heaven and earth I have 48not established, 26then I would 49reject the 50descendants of Jacob and David My servant, 51not taking from his 52descendants 53rulers over the 54descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will 55restore their 56fortunes and will have 57mercy on them.’”