Jeremiah 33

Restoration Promised

1Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still 1confined in the courtyard of the guard, saying, 2“This is what 2the Lord says, He who made 3the earth, the Lord who formed it to create it, He whose name is the 4Lord: 3‘5Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you 6great and 7mighty things, 8which you do not know.’ 4For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says concerning the 9houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which have been torn down to make a defense against the 10assault ramps and the sword: 5‘While they are coming to 11fight the Chaldeans and to fill 12their houses with the bodies of people whom I have struck down in My anger and My wrath, and I have 13hidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness: 6Behold, I am going to bring to it 14healing and a remedy, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an 15abundance of peace and truth. 7And I will 16restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and will 17rebuild them as they were at first. 8And I will 18cleanse them from all their wrongdoing by which they have sinned against Me, and I will forgive all their wrongdoings by which they have sinned against Me and revolted against Me. 919It will be to Me a 20name of joy, praise, and glory before 21all the nations of the earth, which will hear of all the 22good that I do for them, and they will be 23frightened and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.’

10“This is what the Lord says: ‘Yet again there will be heard in this place, of which you say, “It is a 24waste, without man and without animal,” that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are 25deserted, without man and without inhabitant and without animal, 11the voice of 26joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, “27Give thanks to the Lord of armies, For the Lord is good, For His mercy is everlasting,” as they bring a 28thanksgiving offering into the house of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says the Lord.

12“This is what the Lord of armies says: ‘There will again be in this place which is waste, 29without man or animal, and in all its cities, a pasture for shepherds who rest their 30flocks. 13In the 31cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again 32pass under the hands of the one who counts them,’ says the Lord.

The Davidic Kingdom

14‘Behold, 33days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will 34fulfill 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 make a 35righteous Branch of David sprout; and He shall execute 36justice and righteousness on the earth. 16In those days 37Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety; and this is the name by which it will be called: the 38Lord is our righteousness.’ 17For this is what the Lord says: ‘39David shall 40not lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel; 1841and the 42Levitical priests shall not lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to 43prepare sacrifices 44continually.’”

19And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 20“This is what the Lord says: ‘If you can 45break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night do not occur at their proper time, 21then 46My covenant with David My servant may also be broken, so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers. 22As the 47heavenly 48lights cannot be counted, and the 49sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will 50multiply the 51descendants of My servant David and the 52Levites who serve Me.’”

23And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 24“Have you not observed what these people have asserted, saying, ‘The 53two families which the Lord chose, He has 54rejected them’? So they 55despise My people as no longer being a nation 56in their sight. 25This is what the Lord says: ‘If My 57covenant for day and night does not continue, and I have 58not established the 59fixed patterns of heaven and earth, 26then I would 60reject the 61descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so as not to take from his 62descendants 63rulers over the 64descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But I will 65restore their fortunes and have 66mercy on them.’”