Jeremiah 33

1And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined in the court of the guard, saying,

2Thus says Yahweh, who made it, Yahweh who formed it to establish it—Yahweh is his name:

3Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

4For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that are being torn down for the siege ramps and for the sword:

5They are coming to fight against the Chaldeans but only to fill them with the corpses of the men whom I struck down in my anger and in my wrath, and from this city I have hidden my face because of all their evil.

6Behold, I am bringing her healing and cure, and I will heal them, and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.

7And I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and I will rebuild them as at the first.

8And I will cleanse them from all their guilt by which they have sinned against me, and I will forgive all their guilty deeds by which they have sinned against me and by which they have rebelled against me.

9And she will be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good that I am doing for them. And they will fear and tremble because of all the good and because of all the peace that I am bringing to her.

10Thus says the LORD: Yet in this place, of which you say, ‘It is a waste, without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall again be heard

11the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the bridegroom and the sound of the bride, the sound of those saying, ‘Give thanks to Yahweh of hosts, for Yahweh is good, for his steadfast love endures forever,’ and of those bringing a thank offering into the house of Yahweh. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says Yahweh.

12Thus says Yahweh of hosts: Yet again there will be in this place, which is desolate, without man or beast, and in all its cities, a pasture of shepherds, where they make flocks lie down.

13In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the Negeb, and in the land of Benjamin, and around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says Yahweh.

14Look, days are coming, declares Yahweh, when I will fulfill the good word that I spoke to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

15In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to sprout for David, and he will execute justice and righteousness in the land.

16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely; and this is what she will be called: ‘Yahweh is our righteousness.’

17For thus says Yahweh: David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.

18And the Levitical priests will never lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, burn grain offerings, and make sacrifices continually.

19And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying,

20Thus says Yahweh: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,

21then my covenant with David my servant may also be broken, so that he would not have a son reigning on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, my ministers.

22As the host of heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant and the Levites who minister to me.

23And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying,

24Have you not seen what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families that Yahweh chose—he has rejected them’? Thus they despise my people, so that they should no longer be a nation before them.

25Thus says Yahweh: If I have not established my covenant with day and night, the fixed order of heaven and earth—

26then I would also reject the offspring of Jacob and of David my servant, not taking from his offspring rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and have compassion on them.