Jeremiah 33 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
Yahweh's message came to Jeremiah a second time while he was still locked up in the of the
"This is what Yahweh says — the one who made the earth, who it and it in whose name is Yahweh:
out to me and I will answer you. I will tell you and you have never known."
Because this is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of Judah's kings — the ones torn down to build defenses against the and the sword:
"They are going out to fight the Babylonians, but all they will do is fill those buildings with their own dead bodies — people I struck down in my I have my from this city because of all the evil they have done.
But look — I am going to bring and recovery to this city. I will heal them and reveal to them an abundance of and
I will the of Judah and Israel and rebuild them as they were before.
I will all the they committed against me. I will forgive all their acts of and against me.
This city will become a source of joy for me, a name of praise and honor before every nation on earth. They will hear about all the good I am doing for my people, and they will tremble and be in awe at all the good things and the I provide.
"This is what Yahweh says: You keep saying about this place, 'It's a wasteland — no people, no animals.' But in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are now deserted, empty of people and animals —
there will be heard once again the sound of joy and celebration, the voices of the bride and groom, the voices of those bringing to Yahweh's house, singing: 'Give thanks to who armies, because is good, because his lasts forever.' Because I will restore the fortunes of this land to what they were before," says
"This is what Yahweh who commands armies says: In this place that is now a wasteland, without people or animals — in all its towns — there will once again be pastures where shepherds rest their flocks.
In the hill country towns, in the western foothills towns, in the southern desert towns, in the territory of Benjamin, in the areas around Jerusalem, and in the towns of Judah — flocks will once again the of the them," says Yahweh.
"The days are coming," declares Yahweh, "when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and the people of Judah.
In those days and at that time I will make a just and grow up from David's line, and he will do what is just and throughout the land.
In those days Judah will be rescued and Jerusalem will live in safety. And this is what she will be called: 'Yahweh Is
Because this is what Yahweh says: David will never fail to have a descendant sitting on the of Israel's house.
And the will never fail to have someone standing before me to offer burnt offerings, to present grain offerings, and to make sacrifices — always."
Yahweh's message came to Jeremiah:
"This is what Yahweh says: If you could break my with the day and my with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed times —
then my covenant with my David could also be broken, so that he would not have a descendant reigning on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests who serve me could also be broken.
Just as the of the cannot be counted and the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who serve me."
Yahweh's message came to Jeremiah:
"Have you noticed what these people are saying? They're saying, 'Yahweh has rejected the he chose.' They look down on my people and no longer consider them a nation.
This is what Yahweh says: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the of heaven and earth,
then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and my servant David, and I would stop choosing rulers from his descendants for the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But I will their and have on them."