Jeremiah 33:1

1 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying:

Jeremiah 33:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 33:1

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second
time
Not that this was precisely the second time that the word of the Lord came to the prophet, for it had come to him many more times than those; but this was the second time on the same occasion and subject; for the subject of this chapter is the same with that of the former, concerning the Messiah, and the happiness of the church in his times: (while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison):
though the prophet could not go out from hence, and publish his prophecies, yet the Lord visits him again and again; and his presence made the prison a palace to him; and though his afflictions, abounded for the sake of him, his comforts abounded through him; and though he was bound, the word of the Lord was not; it had a free course, and ran, and was glorified; it found its way into the prison, and also out of it: saying:
as follows:

Jeremiah 33:1 In-Context

1 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying:
2 Thus saith the Lord, who will do, and will form it, and prepare it, the Lord is his name.
3 Cry to me and I will hear thee: and I will shew thee great things, and sure things which thou knowest not.
4 For thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to the houses of this city, and to the houses of the king of Juda, which are destroyed, and to the bulwarks, and to the sword.
5 Of them that come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of the men whom I have slain in my wrath, and in my indignation, hiding my face from this city because of all their wickedness.
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