Jeremiah 33 (New American Standard)

Restoration Promised

1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still ^a1confined in the court of the guard, saying, 2 "Thus says ²the LORD who made ^bthe earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it, the ³LORD is His name, 3 '⁴Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you ⁵great and mighty things, ⁶which you do not know.' 4 "For thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the ⁷houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are broken down to make a defense against the ⁸siege ramps and against the sword, 5 'While they are coming to ⁹fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My wrath, and I have ¹⁰hidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness : 6 'Behold, I will bring to it ¹¹health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an ¹²abundance of peace and truth. 7 'I will ¹³restore the ^cfortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel and will ¹⁴rebuild them as they were at first. 8 'I will ¹⁵cleanse 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. 9 '^dIt will be to Me a ¹⁶name of joy, praise and glory before ¹⁷all the nations of the earth which will hear of all the ¹⁸good that I do for them, and they will ¹⁹fear 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 ²⁰waste, without man and without beast," that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are ²¹desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast, 11 the voice of ²²joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, "²³Give thanks to the LORD of hosts, For the LORD is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting "; and of those who bring a ²⁴thank offering into the house of the LORD. For I will restore the ^efortunes 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, ²⁵without man or beast, and in all its cities, a ^fhabitation of shepherds who rest their ²⁶flocks. 13 'In the ²⁷cities 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 ²⁸pass under the hands of the one who numbers them,' says the LORD.

The Davidic Kingdom

14 'Behold, ²⁹days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will ³⁰fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 'In those days and at that time I will cause a ³¹righteous Branch of David to spring forth ; and He shall execute ³²justice and righteousness on the earth. 16 'In those days ³³Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell in safety ; and this is the name by which she will be called : the ³⁴LORD is our righteousness.' 17 "For thus says the LORD, '^gDavid shall ³⁵never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel ; 18 ^hand the ³⁶Levitical priests shall never lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to ³⁷prepare sacrifices ⁱcontinually .' " 19 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 20 "Thus says the LORD, 'If you can ³⁸break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time, 21 then ³⁹My 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. 22 'As the ⁴⁰host of heaven cannot be counted and the ⁴¹sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will ⁴²multiply the ^jdescendants of David My servant and the ⁴³Levites who minister to Me.' " 23 And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 "Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, 'The ⁴⁴two families which the LORD chose, He has ⁴⁵rejected them'? Thus they ⁴⁶despise My people, no longer are they as a nation ^kin their sight. 25 "Thus says the LORD, 'If My ⁴⁷covenant for day and night stand not, and the ^lfixed patterns of heaven and earth I have ⁴⁸not established, 26 then I would ⁴⁹reject the ^mdescendants of Jacob and David My servant, ⁿnot taking from his ^odescendants ⁵⁰rulers over the ^pdescendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will ⁵¹restore their ^qfortunes and will have ⁵²mercy on them.' "