Jeremiah 33:1-13

The Restoration of Prosperity to Jerusalem

33¹ And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah a second time—and he 'is' yet detained in the court of the prison—saying: ² Thus said Jehovah its maker, Jehovah its former, at establishing it, Jehovah 'is' His name: ³ Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things—thou hast not known them. ⁴ For thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, that are broken down for the mounts, and for the tool; ⁵ they are coming in to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the carcases of men, whom I have smitten in Mine anger, and in My fury, and 'for' whom I have hidden My face from this city, because of all their evil: ⁶ Lo, I am increasing to it health and cure, And have healed them, and revealed to them The abundance of peace and truth. ⁷ And I have turned back the captivity of Judah, And the captivity of Israel, And I have built them as at the first, ⁸ And cleansed them from all their iniquity, That they have sinned against Me, And I have pardoned all their iniquities, That they have sinned against Me, And that they transgressed against Me. ⁹ And it hath been to Me for a name of joy, For praise, and for beauty, to all nations of the earth, Who hear of all the good that I am doing them, And they have feared, And they have trembled for all the good, And for all the peace, that I am doing to it.

¹⁰ Thus said Jehovah: Again heard in this place of which ye are saying, Waste it 'is', without man and without beast, In cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem, That are desolated, without man, And without inhabitant, and without beast, ¹¹ Is a voice of joy and a voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, The voice of those saying, Thank Jehovah of Hosts, for Jehovah 'is' good, For His kindness 'is' to the age, Who are bringing in thanksgiving to the house of Jehovah, For I turn back the captivity of the land, As at the first, said Jehovah. ¹² Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Again there is in this place—that is waste, Without man and beast, And in all its cities—a habitation of shepherds, Causing the flock to lie down. ¹³ In the cities of the hill-country, In the cities of the low country, And in the cities of the south, And in the land of Benjamin, And in the suburbs of Jerusalem, And in the cities of Judah, Again doth the flock pass by under the hands of the numberer, said Jehovah.