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Chapter 33
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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 shew 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 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. |
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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
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. |
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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: 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. |
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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 an 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. |
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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; |
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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. |
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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. |
