“1 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
shew 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.” (Jeremiah
33:1-26 AV)