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Jeremiah 33

Restoration Promised

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Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still  1 aconfined in the court of the guard, saying,

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"Thus says  athe LORD who made  1the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it, the  bLORD is His name,

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aCall to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you  bgreat and mighty things,  cwhich you do not know.'

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"For thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the  ahouses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are broken down to make a defense against the  bsiege ramps and against the sword,

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`While they are coming to  afight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My wrath, and I have  bhidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness:

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`Behold, I will bring to it  ahealth and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an  babundance of peace and truth.

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`I will  arestore the  1fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel and will  brebuild them as they were at first.

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`I will  acleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me.

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1It will be to Me a  aname of joy, praise and glory before  ball the nations of the earth which will hear of all the  cgood that I do for them, and they will  dfear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.'

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"Thus says the LORD, `Yet again there will be heard in this place, of which you say, "It is a  awaste, without man and without beast," that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are  bdesolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast,

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the voice of  ajoy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, " bGive thanks to the LORD of hosts, For the LORD is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting"; and of those who bring a  cthank offering into the house of the LORD. For I will restore the  1fortunes of the land as they were at first,' says the LORD.

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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, `There will again be in this place which is waste,  awithout man or beast, and in all its cities, a  1habitation of shepherds who rest their  bflocks.

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`In the  acities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again  bpass under the hands of the one who numbers them,' says the LORD.

The Davidic Kingdom

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`Behold,  adays are coming,' declares the LORD, `when I will  bfulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

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`In those days and at that time I will cause a  arighteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute  bjustice and righteousness on the earth.

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`In those days  aJudah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell in safety; and this is the name by which she will be called: the  bLORD is our righteousness.'

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"For thus says the LORD, ` 1David shall  anever lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

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 1and the  aLevitical priests shall never lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to  bprepare sacrifices  2continually.' "

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The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

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"Thus says the LORD, `If you can  abreak My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,

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then  aMy covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers.

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`As the  ahost of heaven cannot be counted and the  bsand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will  cmultiply the  1descendants of David My servant and the  dLevites who minister to Me.' "

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And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

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"Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, `The  atwo families which the LORD chose, He has  brejected them'? Thus they  cdespise My people, no longer are they as a nation  1in their sight.

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"Thus says the LORD, `If My  acovenant for day and night stand not, and the  1fixed patterns of heaven and earth I have  bnot established,

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then I would  areject the  1descendants of Jacob and David My servant,  2not taking from his  1descendants  brulers over the  1descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will  crestore their  3fortunes and will have  dmercy on them.' "



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