Jer 40
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And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the second time, when he was yet bound in
the court of the prison, saying,
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Thus says the Lord, who made the earth and formed it, to establish it; the Lord is
his name;
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Cry to me, and I will answer you, and I will declare to you great and mighty things,
which you know not.
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For thus says the Lord concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses
of the king of Juda, which have been pulled down q. d. to make for mounds and fortifications,
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to fight against the Chaldeans, and to fill it with the corpses of men, whom I smote
in mine anger and my anger, and turned away my face from them, for all their wickedness:
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Behold, I bring upon her healing and cure, and I will show myself to them, and will
heal her, and make both peace and Gr. faithfulness security.
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And I will turn the captivity of Juda, and the captivity of Israel, and will build
them, even as before.
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And I will cleanse them from all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against
me, and will not remember their sins, whereby they have sinned against me, and revolted
from me.
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And it shall be for joy and praise, and for glory to all the people of the earth,
who shall hear all the good that I will do: and they shall fear and be provoked for
all the good things and for all the peace which I will bring upon them.
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Thus says the Lord; There shall yet be heard in this place, of which you say, it is
destitute of men and cattle, in the cities of Juda, and Lit. outside of in the streets of Jerusalem, the places that have
been made desolate for want of
men and cattle,
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the voice of gladness, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the
voice of the bride, the voice of men saying, Give thanks to the Lord Almighty: for
the Lord is good; for his mercy endures for ever: and they shall bring gifts into
the house of the Lord; for I will turn all the captivity of that land as before, said
the Lord.
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Thus says the Lord of hosts; There shall yet be in this place, that is desert for
want of man and beast, in all the cities thereof, resting-places for shepherds causing
their flocks to lie down.
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In the cities of the hill country, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities
of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the cities round about Jerusalem,
and in the cities of Juda, flocks shall yet pass under the hand of him whom numbers
them, says the Lord.