| 1. And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still confined in the prison yard, saying: |
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| 2. So said the Lord, the Maker thereof, Who formed it to prepare it; the Lord is His Name. |
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| 3. Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and strong things that you do not know. |
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| 4. For so said the Lord God of Israel concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah that are demolished for the mounds and for the sword. |
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| 5. They come to war with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of the men whom I have smitten with My anger and with My wrath, and that which I have hidden My face from this city because of all their evil. |
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| 6. Behold, I will bring it healing and cure, and I will cure them, and I will reveal to them a greeting of peace and truth. |
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| 7. And I will return the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel, and build them up like at first. |
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| 8. And I will purify them of all their iniquity that they sinned against Me, and I will forgive all their iniquities that they sinned against Me and that they rebelled against Me. |
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| 9. And it shall be to Me for a name of joy, for praise and for glory to all the nations of the earth who will hear all the good that I do for them and fear and tremble because of all the good and because of all the peace that I do for it. |
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| 10. So said the Lord: There shall again be heard in this place, concerning which you say, "It is desolate without man and without beast," in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate without a man and without an inhabitant and without a beast, |
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| 11. the sound of mirth and the sound of joy, the voice of a bridegroom and the voice of a bride, the sound of those saying, "Thank the Lord of Hosts, for the Lord is good, for His loving-kindness endures forever," bringing a thanksgiving offering to the House of the Lord, for I will restore the captivity of the land as at first, said the Lord. |
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| 12. So said the Lord of Hosts: There shall again be in this place that is waste without man or beast, and in all its cities a dwelling of shepherds resting [their] flocks. |
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| 13. In the cities of the mountain, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the Negev and in the land of Benjamin and in the environs of Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah, flocks shall again pass under the hands of one who counts them, said the Lord. |
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| 14. Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will establish the good thing that I spoke concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. |
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| 15. In those days and in that time I will cause to grow for David a plant of righteousness, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. |
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| 16. In those days, Judah shall be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell securely and this is the name that He shall call it, the Lord is our righteousness. |
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| 17. For so said the Lord: There shall not be cut off from David a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel. |
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| 18. And of the Levitic priests, there shall not be cut off from before Me a man offering up a burnt offering, or burning a meal-offering or performing a sacrifice for all time. |
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| 19. And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying: |
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| 20. So said the Lord: If you break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, and not to have day and night in their time. |
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| 21. Also My covenant with David shall be broken, that he should not have a son reigning on his throne, and with the Levitic priests, My ministers. |
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| 22. Just as the host of heaven cannot be counted nor can the sand of the sea be measured, so will I increase the seed of My servant David and the Levites who minister to Me. |
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| 23. And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying: |
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| 24. Have you not seen what this people has spoken saying: The two families that God chose, He has rejected, and they make My people despise being a nation any longer before them. |
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| 25. So said the Lord: If not My covenant with the day and the night, that the statutes of heaven and earth I did not place, |
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| 26. Also will I reject the seed of Jacob and David, My servant, not to take from his seed rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, when I bring back their captivity and have mercy upon them. |
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