Jeremiah 33
The Restoration of
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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,
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Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to
establish it; the LORD is his
name;
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Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and
show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
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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;
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They come to fight with the Chalde'ans,
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.
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Behold, I will bring it health and cure,
and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of
peace and truth.
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And I will cause the captivity of Judah
and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at
the first.
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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.
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And it shall be to me a name of joy, a
praise and an honor 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.
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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,
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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: 1 Chr.
16.34 · 2
Chr. 5.13 ; 7.3 · Ezra 3.11 · Ps. 100.5 ; 106.1 ; 107.1 ; 118.1 ; 136.1 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 first, saith the LORD.
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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 a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie
down.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. Jer. 23.5, 6
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For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the
throne of the house of Israel; 2 Sam. 7.12-16 · 1 Kgs. 2.4 · 1 Chr.
17.11-14
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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. Num. 3.5-10
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And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
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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;
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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.
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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.
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
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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.
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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;
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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.
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