Jer 33
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And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the second time, while he was yet shut up
in the court of the prison, saying:
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Thus saith the Lord, who will do, and will form it, and prepare it, the Lord is his
name.
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Cry to me and I will hear thee: and I will shew thee great things, and sure things
which thou knowest not.
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For thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to the houses of this city, and to the houses
of the king of Juda, which rue destroyed, and to the bulwarks, and to the sword.
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Of them that come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies
of the men whom I have slain in my wrath, and in my indignation, hiding my face from
this city because of all their wickedness.
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Behold I will close their wounds and give them health, and I will cure them: and I
will reveal to them the prayer of peace and truth.
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And I will bring back the captivity of Juda, and the captivity of Jerusalem: and I
will build them as from the beginning.
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And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against
me: and I will forgive all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me,
and despised me.
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And it shall be to me a name, and a joy, and a praise, and a gladness before all the
nations of the earth, that shall hear of all the good things which I will do to them:
and they shall fear and be troubled for all the good things, and for all the peace
that I will make for them.
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Thus saith the Lord: There shall be heard again in this place (which you say is desolate,
because there is neither man nor beast: in the cities of Juda, and without Jerusalem,
which are desolate without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast)
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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: Give ye glory to the Lord of hosts,
for the Lord is good, for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring
their vows into the house of the Lord: for I will bring back the captivity of the
land as at the first, saith the Lord.
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts: There shall be again in this place that is desolate
without man, and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, an habitation of shepherds
causing their flocks to lie down.
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And in the cities on the mountains, and in the cities of the plains, and in the cities
that are towards the south: and in the land of Benjamin, and round about Jerusalem,
and in the cities of Juda shall the flocks pass again under the hand of him that numbereth
them, saith the Lord.
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Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform the good word that I have
spoken to the house of Israel, and to the house of Juda.
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In those days, and at that time, I will make the bud of justice to spring forth unto
David, and he shall do judgment and justice in the earth.
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In those days shall Juda be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell securely: and this is
the name that they shall call him, The Lord our just one.
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For thus saith the Lord: There shall not be cut off from David a man to sit upon the
throne of the house of Israel.
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Neither shall there be cut off from the priests and Levites a man before my face to
offer holocausts, and to burn sacrifices, and to kill victims continually:
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And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying:
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Thus saith the Lord: If my covenant with the day can be made void, and my covenant
with the night, that there should not be day and night in their season:
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Also my covenant with David my servant may be made void, that he should not have a
son to reign upon his throne, and with the Levites and priests my ministers.
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As the stars of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea be measured: so
will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites my ministers.
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And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying:
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Hast thou not seen what this people hath spoken, saying: The two families which the
Lord had chosen, are cast off: and they have despised my people, so that it is no
more a nation before them?
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Thus saith the Lord: If I have not set my covenant between day and night, and laws
to heaven and earth:
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Surely I will also cast; off the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so as not
to take any of his seed to be rulers of the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for
I will bring back their captivity, and will have mercy on them.