33 Moreover
the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was
yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 2 Thus
saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish
it; the LORD is his name; 3 Call
unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things,
which thou knowest not. 4 For
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 the mounts, and by the sword; 5 They
come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead
bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for
all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. 6 Behold,
I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal
unto them the abundance of peace and truth. 7 And
I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return,
and will build them, as at the first. 8 And
I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned
against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have
sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. 9 And
it 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 fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity
that I procure unto it. 10 Thus
saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say
shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of
Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man,
and without inhabitant, and without beast, 11 The
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, Praise the
LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever:
and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of
the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at
the first, saith the LORD. 12 Thus
saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without
man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation
of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
13
In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities
of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem,
and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands
of him that telleth them, saith the LORD. 14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house
of Israel and to the house of Judah. 15 In 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. 16 In 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. 17 For thus saith the LORD; David shall
never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites
want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings,
and to do sacrifice continually. 19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah,
saying, 20 Thus saith the LORD; If 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; 21 Then may also my covenant be broken
with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne;
and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered,
neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David
my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to
Jeremiah, saying, 24 Considerest thou not what this people
have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath
even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should
be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant
be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of
heaven and earth; 26 Then 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 I will cause their captivity
to return, and have mercy on them. .