Jeremiah 33
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The Lord Promises Peace
1The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still #See ch. 32:2shut up in the court of the guard: 2“Thus says #[Isa. 37:26] the Lord who made the earth,#33:2 Septuagint; Hebrew it the Lord who formed it to establish it—#[ch. 16:21; Ex. 6:3; Ps. 83:18; Amos 4:13]the Lord is his name: 3#ch. 29:12; Ps. 91:15 Call to me and I will answer you, #Isa. 48:6and 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 #ch. 32:24the siege mounds and against the sword: 5They are coming in #[ch. 32:5] to fight against the Chaldeans and to fill them#33:5 That is, the torn-down houses with the dead bodies of men whom I shall strike down #Ezek. 22:20 in my anger and my wrath, #Deut. 31:17, 18for I have hidden my face from this city because of all their evil. 6#ch. 30:17Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security. 7#See ch. 30:3 I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, #See ch. 24:6 and rebuild them as they were #Isa. 1:26at first. 8#Ezek. 36:25; [Ps. 51:2, 7; Heb. 9:13, 14] I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, #See ch. 31:34and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me. 9#See ch. 13:11 And this city#33:9 Hebrew And it 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 #[Ps. 130:4; Isa. 60:5]fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.
10“Thus says the Lord: In this place #ch. 32:43of 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 11#See ch. 7:34 the 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 #1 Chr. 16:34; Ps. 106:1; 107:1; Isa. 12:4 thank offerings to the house of the Lord:
# ch. 30:19; Lev. 7:12; Ps. 107:22 “‘Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,
for the Lord is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!’
# [See ver. 7 above] For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.
12“Thus says the Lord of hosts: #[Ezek. 36:11] In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be #[ch. 31:24; 50:19; Isa. 65:10; Ezek. 34:14, 15] habitations of shepherds #Song 1:7resting their flocks. 13#See ch. 17:26 In the cities of the hill country, #See ch. 17:26 in the cities of the Shephelah, #See ch. 17:26 and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, #See ch. 17:26 the places about Jerusalem, #See ch. 17:26 and in the cities of Judah, #[Lev. 27:32] flocks shall again pass under the hands #[John 10:3]of the one who counts them, says the Lord.
The Lord’s Eternal Covenant with David
14 # For ver. 14-16, see ch. 23:5, 6 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when #ch. 29:10I 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 #ch. 23:5; [Isa. 4:2; 11:1]Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 16In those days Judah will be saved, #ch. 23:6; 32:37 and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: #ch. 23:6‘The Lord is our righteousness.’
17“For thus says the Lord: #2 Sam. 7:16; 1 Kgs. 2:4; Ps. 89:3, 4David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, 18#[Isa. 66:21]and 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: 20#For ver. 20-26, see ch. 31:36, 37 “Thus says the Lord: #ver. 25; [Isa. 54:9] If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, #Gen. 8:22; Ps. 72:5so that day and night will not come at their appointed time, 21#Ps. 89:34then 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 #Gen. 22:17the host of heaven cannot be numbered and #Gen. 22:17the 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: 24“Have 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: #Ps. 74:16, 17; 104:19If 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. #ver. 7, 11; See ch. 30:3For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.”
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Jeremiah 33
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The Promise of God
1Now Jeremiah was still locked up in the courtyard of the guards. And the Lord spoke his word to him a second time: 2“The Lord made the earth. He made it, and he keeps it safe. The Lord is his name. This is what the Lord says: 3‘Judah, pray to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you important secrets. You have never heard these things before.’ 4The Lord is the God of Israel. He says these things about the houses in Jerusalem and the royal palaces of Judah. They have been torn down to be used against the attack by the Babylonian army. 5The Lord says, ‘Some people will come to fight against the Babylonians. They will fill these houses with dead bodies. I killed those people in my hot anger. I have turned away from this city because of all the evil its people have done.
6“‘But then I will bring health and heal the people there. I will let them enjoy peace and safety. 7I will make good things happen to Judah and Israel again. I will make them strong as in the past. 8They sinned against me. But I will wash away that sin. They did evil and turned away from me, but I will forgive them. 9Then Jerusalem will be a wonderful place! People who live there will be happy. And people from all nations will praise it. This will happen because they will hear about the good things I am doing there. They will be surprised and shocked at the good things and peace I will bring to Jerusalem.’
10“You are saying, ‘Our country is an empty desert. There are no people or animals living there.’ It is now quiet in the streets of Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah. There are no people or animals there either. But it will be noisy there soon! 11There will be sounds of joy and gladness. There will be the happy sounds of brides and bridegrooms. There will be the sounds of people bringing their offerings to the Temple of the Lord. Their offerings will be to show thanks to the Lord. They will say,
‘Praise the Lord of heaven’s armies!
The Lord is good!
His love continues forever!’
They will say this because I will again do good things for Judah. It will be as in the beginning,” says the Lord.
12This is what the Lord of heaven’s armies says: “This place is empty now. There are no people or animals living here. But there will be shepherds in all the towns of Judah. And there will be pastures where they let their flocks of sheep rest. 13Shepherds will again count their sheep as the sheep walk in front of them. People will be counting their sheep all around the country. They will count them in the mountains and in the western mountain slopes. They will count them in southern Judah and the land of Benjamin. They will count them around Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah!”
The Good Branch
14The Lord says, “The time is coming when I will do the things I promised. I made a special promise to the people of Israel and Judah.
15In those days and at that time,
I will make a righteous branch sprout from David’s family.
He will do what is fair and right in the land.
16At this time Judah will be saved.
The people of Jerusalem will live in safety.
The branch will be named:
The Lord Does What Is Right.”
17This is what the Lord says: “Someone from David’s family will always sit on the throne. And he will rule the family of Israel. 18And there will always be priests from the family of Levi. Those priests will always stand before me. And they will offer burnt offerings and grain offerings. And they will offer sacrifices to me.”
19The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah. 20“This is what the Lord says: I have an agreement with day and night. I agreed that they will continue forever. Day and night will always come at the right times. If you could change that agreement, 21you could also change my agreement with David and Levi. Only then would descendants from my servant David not be the kings on their thrones. And only then would the family of Levi not be priests serving me in the Temple. 22But I will give many descendants to my servant David. And I will give them to the family group of Levi who serve me in the Temple. They will be as many as the stars in the sky that no one can count. And they will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore that no one can count.”
23The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah: 24“Jeremiah, have you heard what the people are saying? They are saying: ‘The Lord turned away from the two families of Israel and Judah. He chose those people. But now he doesn’t think of them as a nation anymore!’”
25This is what the Lord says: “If I had not made my agreement with day and night, and if I had not made the laws for the sky and earth, 26only then might I turn away from Jacob’s descendants. And only then I might not let the descendants of David my servant rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And I will be kind to those people. I will cause good things to happen to them again.”
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