children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their
priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[33] And they have
turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet
they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
[34] But they set their abominations in the house, which
is called by my name, to defile it.
[35] And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of
the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which
I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause
Judah to sin.
[36] And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof
ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and
by the pestilence;
[37] Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine
anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause
them to dwell safely:
[38] And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
[39] And I will give them
one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after
them:
[40] And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do
them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
[41] Yea, I will rejoice
over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my
whole soul.
[42] For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so
will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
[43] And fields shall be bought in this land,
whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
[44] Men
shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of
Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains,
and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith
the LORD.
Jer.33
[1] 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,
[2] Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to
establish it; the LORD is his name;
[3] Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and
mighty things, which thou knowest not.
[4] 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;
[5] They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is 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.
[6] Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal
unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
[7] And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity
of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
[8] 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.
[9] 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.
[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