Jeremiah 33
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The Lord Promises To Give the Land Back to His People
1-2I was still being held prisoner in the courtyard of the palace guards when the Lord told me:
I am the Lord, and I created the whole world.#33.1,2 the whole world: One ancient translation; Hebrew “it.” 3Ask me, and I will tell you things that you don't know and can't find out.
4-5Many of the houses in Jerusalem and some of the buildings at the royal palace have been torn down to be used in repairing the walls to keep out the Babylonian attackers.#33.4,5 have been torn down … Babylonian attackers: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. Now there are empty spaces where the buildings once stood. But I am furious, and these spaces will be filled with the bodies of the people I kill. The people of Jerusalem will cry out to me for help, but they are evil, and I will ignore their prayers.
6Then someday, I will heal this place and my people as well, and let them enjoy unending peace.#33.6 let them enjoy unending peace: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. 7I will give this land to Israel and Judah once again, and I will make them as strong as they were before. 8They sinned and rebelled against me, but I will forgive them and take away their guilt. 9When that happens, all nations on earth will see the good things I have done for Jerusalem, and how I have given it complete peace. The nations will celebrate and praise and honor me, but they will also tremble with fear because of the powerful things I have done.
10Jeremiah, you say that this land is a desert without people or animals, and for now, you are right. The towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem are deserted, and people and animals are nowhere to be seen. But someday you will hear 11#1 Ch 16.34; 2 Ch 5.11-13; 7.3; Ezra 3.11; Ps 100.5; 106.1; 107.1; 118.1; 136.1. happy voices and the sounds of parties and wedding celebrations. And when people come to my temple to offer sacrifices to thank me, you will hear them say:
“We praise you,
Lord All-Powerful!
You are good to us,
and your love never fails.”
The land will once again be productive. 12-13Now it is empty, without people or animals. But when that time comes, shepherds will take care of their flocks in pastures near every town in the hill country, in the foothills to the west, in the Southern Desert, in the land of the Benjamin tribe, and around Jerusalem and the towns of Judah.
I, the Lord, have spoken.
The Lord's Wonderful Promise
14 #
Jr 23.5,6. The Lord said:
I made a wonderful promise to Israel and Judah,#33.14 Israel and Judah: See the note at 2.4. and the days are coming when I will keep it.
15I promise that the time will come
when I will appoint a king
from the family of David,
a king who will be honest
and rule with justice.
16In those days,
Judah will be safe;
Jerusalem will have peace
and will be named,
“The Lord Gives Justice.”
17 #
2 S 7.12-16; 1 K 2.4; 1 Ch 17.11-14. The king of Israel will be one of David's descendants, 18#Nu 3.5-10. and there will always be priests from the Levi tribe serving at my altar and offering sacrifices to please me and to give thanks.#33.18 sacrifices to please me and to give thanks: See the notes at 14.12.
19Then the Lord told me:
20I, the Lord, have an agreement with day and night, so they always come at the right time. You can't break the agreement I made with them, 21and you can't break the agreements I have made with David's family and with the priests from the Levi tribe who serve at my altar. A descendant of David will always rule as king of Israel, 22and there will be more descendants of David and of the priests from the Levi tribe than stars in the sky or grains of sand on the beach.
23The Lord also said:
24You've heard foreigners insult my people by saying, “The Lord chose Israel and Judah, but now he has rejected them, and they are no longer a nation.”
25Jeremiah, I will never break my agreement with the day and the night or let the sky and the earth stop obeying my commands. 26In the same way, I will never reject the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob or break my promise that they will always have a descendant of David as their king. I will be kind to my people Israel, and they will be successful again.
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Jeremiah 33
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Israel’s Restoration
1While he was still confined in the guard’s courtyard,#Jr 32:2 the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time: 2“The Lord who made the earth,#33:2 LXX; MT reads made it the Lord who forms it to establish it,#Gn 2:18–19 the Lord is his name,#Ex 6:3 says this: 3Call to me and I will answer you#Ps 91:15; Jr 29:12 and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.#Is 48:6 4For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says concerning the houses of this city and the palaces of Judah’s kings, the ones torn down for defense against the assault ramps and the sword:#Jr 32:24 5The people coming to fight the Chaldeans will fill the houses with the corpses of their own men that I strike down in my wrath and fury. I have hidden my face#Dt 31:17; 32:20; Is 54:8 from this city because of all their evil. 6Yet I will certainly bring health#Is 58:8; Jr 8:22; 30:17 and healing to it and will indeed heal them. I will let them experience the abundance#33:6 Or fragrance; Hb obscure of true peace.#2Kg 20:19; Est 9:30; Is 39:8 7I will restore the fortunes#33:7 Or will end the captivity, also in v. 11 of Judah and of Israel and will rebuild them as in former times.#Is 1:26 8I will purify them from all the iniquity they have committed against me,#Ps 51:2; Ezk 36:25; Heb 9:11–14 and I will forgive all the iniquities they have committed against me, rebelling against me. 9This city will bear on my behalf a name of joy, praise, and glory#Dt 26:19; Jr 13:11; Zph 3:19–20 before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the prosperity I will give them. They will tremble with awe because of all the good and all the peace#Jr 8:15; 14:19 I will bring about for them.
10“This is what the Lord says: In this place, which you say is a ruin,#Jr 32:43 without people or animals — that is, in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s streets that are a desolation without people, without inhabitants, and without animals — there will be heard again 11a sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride,#Jr 7:34; 16:9; 25:10 and the voice of those saying,
Give thanks to the Lord of Armies,
for the Lord is good;
his faithful love endures forever
as they bring thanksgiving sacrifices to the temple of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as in former times, says the Lord.
12“This is what the Lord of Armies says: In this desolate place — without people or animals — and in all its cities there will once more be a grazing land where shepherds may rest flocks.#Is 65:10; Ezk 34:12–15 13The flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them#Lv 27:32 in the cities of the hill country,#Jr 17:26 the cities of the Judean foothills, the cities of the Negev, the land of Benjamin — the areas around Jerusalem and in Judah’s cities, says the Lord.
God’s Covenant with David
14“Look, the days are coming” —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
“when I will fulfill the good promise
that I have spoken
concerning the house of Israel
and the house of Judah.#Jos 21:45; Jr 23:5–6
15In those days and at that time
I will cause a Righteous Branch#Is 4:2; Zch 3:8
to sprout up for David,
and he will administer justice
and righteousness in the land.
16In those days Judah will be saved,
and Jerusalem will dwell securely,#Dt 33:12
and this is what she will be named:
The Lord Is Our Righteousness.#33:16 = Yahweh-zidkenu
17“For this is what the Lord says: David will never fail to have a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.#1Kg 2:4; 8:25; 9:5 18The Levitical priests will never fail to have a man always before me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices.”#Jr 31:36; 35:19
19The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 20“This is what the Lord says: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night so that day and night cease to come at their regular time,#Gn 8:22; Is 54:9–10; Jr 31:35–37 21then also my covenant with my servant David#2Sm 7:11–16; 2Ch 21:7; Ps 89:3 may be broken. If that could happen, then he would not have a son reigning on his throne and the Levitical priests would not be my ministers.#Is 61:6; Ezk 45:4–5; Jl 1:9,13 22Even as the stars of heaven cannot be counted, and the sand of the sea cannot be measured,#Gn 22:17 so too I will make innumerable the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who minister to me.”
23The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 24“Have you not noticed what these people have said? They say, ‘The Lord has rejected the two families he had chosen.’#Dt 7:6; 14:2 My people are treated with contempt and no longer regarded as a nation among them. 25This is what the Lord says: If I do not keep my covenant with the day and with the night, and if I fail to establish the fixed order of heaven and earth,#Ps 74:16–17 26then I might also reject the descendants of Jacob and of my servant David. That is, I would not take rulers from his descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But in fact, I will restore their fortunes#33:26 Or I will end their captivity and have compassion on them.”#Jr 12:15; 30:18; 31:20; 33:7; 42:12
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