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,
02 Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the
Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is
his name;
03 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew
thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest
not.
04 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;
05 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.
06 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I
will cure them, and will reveal unto them the
abundance of peace and truth.
07 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and
the captivity of Israel to return, and will build
them, as at the first.
08 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.
09 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.
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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.
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