The Lord Promises Peace

Jeremiah 33

1 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still n shut up in the court of the guard: 2 "Thus says o the Lord who made the earth, 1 the Lord who formed it to establish it - p the Lord is his name: 3 q Call to me and I will answer you, r and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. 4 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against s the siege mounds and against the sword: 5 They are coming in t to fight against the Chaldeans and to fill them 2 with the dead bodies of men whom I shall strike down u in my anger and my wrath, v for I have hidden my face from this city because of all their evil. 6 w Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security. 7 x I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, y and rebuild them as they were z at first. 8 a I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, b and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me. 9 c And this city 3 shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall d fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.

10 "Thus says the Lord: In this place e of which you say, 'It is a waste without man or beast,' in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again

11 f the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring g thank offerings to the house of the Lord:
h "'Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,
for the Lord is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!'
x For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.

12 "Thus says the Lord of hosts: i In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be j habitations of shepherds k resting their flocks. 13 l In the cities of the hill country, l in the cities of the Shephelah, l and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, l the places about Jerusalem, l and in the cities of Judah, m flocks shall again pass under the hands n of the one who counts them, says the Lord.

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:2
    At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 37:26
    'Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should make fortified cities crash into heaps of ruins.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 16:21
    "Therefore, behold, I will make them know, this once I will make them know my power and my might, and they shall know that my name is the Lord."
    Exodus 6:3
    I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them.
    Psalms 83:18
    That they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.
    Amos 4:13
    For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth - the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 29:12
    Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
    Psalms 91:15
    When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 48:6
    You have heard; now see all this; and will you not declare it? From this time forth I announce to you new things, hidden things that you have not known.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:24
    Behold, the siege mounds have come up to the city to take it, and because of sword and famine and pestilence the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has come to pass, and behold, you see it.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:5
    And he shall take Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall remain until I visit him, declares the Lord. Though you fight against the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed'?
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 22:20
    As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you.
  9. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 31:17 - 18
    Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide my face from them, and they will be devoured. And many evils and troubles will come upon them, so that they will say in that day, 'Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:17
    For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord, because they have called you an outcast: 'It is Zion, for whom no one cares!
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:3
    For behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will restore the fortunes of my people, Israel and Judah, says the Lord, and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 24:6
    I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not uproot them.
  13. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:26
    And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:25
    I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
    Psalms 51:2
    Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
    Psalms 51:7
    Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
    Hebrews 9:13 - 14
    For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh.
  15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:34
    And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
  16. Cross References
    Jeremiah 13:11
    For as the loincloth clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, declares the Lord, that they might be for me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen.
  17. Cross References
    Psalms 130:4
    But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
    Isaiah 60:5
    Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and exult, because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:43
    Fields shall be bought in this land of which you are saying, 'It is a desolation, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:34
    And I will silence in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land shall become a waste.
  20. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 16:34
    Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
    Psalms 106:1
    Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
    Psalms 107:1
    Book Five Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
    Isaiah 12:4
    And you will say in that day: "Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:19
    Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who celebrate. I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.
    Leviticus 7:12
    If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil.
    Psalms 107:22
    And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
  22. Cross References
    Jeremiah 33:7
    I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and rebuild them as they were at first.
  23. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:11
    And I will multiply on you man and beast, and they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former times, and will do more good to you than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
  24. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:24
    And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and the farmers and those who wander with their flocks.
    Jeremiah 50:19
    I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and in Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
    Isaiah 65:10
    Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for my people who have sought me.
    Ezekiel 34:14 - 15
    I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel.
  25. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:7
    Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?
  26. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:26
    And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord.
  27. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:26
    And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord.
  28. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:26
    And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord.
  29. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:26
    And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord.
  30. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:26
    And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord.
  31. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:32
    And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that pass under the herdsman's staff, shall be holy to the Lord.
  32. Cross References
    John 10:3
    To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
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