English Bible Presentation Sharing - Jeremiah Book, chapter 33, verse 18 in Hcsb Version

Jeremiah 33 : 1 (HCSB)

While he was still confined in the guard's courtyard, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time:

Jeremiah 33 : 2 (HCSB)

"The LORD who made the earth, the LORD who forms it to establish it, the LORD is His name, says this:

Jeremiah 33 : 3 (HCSB)

Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and wondrous things you do not know.

Jeremiah 33 : 4 (HCSB)

For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the houses of this city and the palaces of Judah's kings, the ones torn down *for defense against the siege ramps and the sword:

Jeremiah 33 : 5 (HCSB)

The people coming to fight the Chaldeans will fill the houses with the corpses of *their own men I strike down in My wrath and rage. I have hidden My face from this city because of all their evil.

Jeremiah 33 : 6 (HCSB)

Yet I will certainly bring health and healing to it and will indeed heal them. I will let them experience the abundance of peace and truth.

Jeremiah 33 : 7 (HCSB)

I will restore the fortunes of Judah and of Israel and will rebuild them as in former times.

Jeremiah 33 : 8 (HCSB)

I will purify them from all the wrongs they have committed against Me, and I will forgive all the wrongs they have committed against Me, rebelling against Me.

Jeremiah 33 : 9 (HCSB)

This city will bear on My behalf a name of joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I will do for them. They will tremble with awe because of all the good and all the peace I will bring about for them.

Jeremiah 33 : 10 (HCSB)

"This is what the LORD says: In this place which you say is a ruin, without man or beast-- that is, in Judah's cities and Jerusalem's streets that are a desolation without man, without inhabitant, and without beast-- there will be heard again

Jeremiah 33 : 11 (HCSB)

a sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the bride, and the voice of those saying, Praise the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His faithful love endures forever as they bring thank offerings to the temple of the LORD. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as in former times, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 33 : 12 (HCSB)

"This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place-- without man or beast-- and in all its cities there will once more be a grazing land where shepherds may rest flocks.

Jeremiah 33 : 13 (HCSB)

The flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them in the cities of the hill country, the cities of the Judean foothills, the cities of the Negev, the land of Benjamin-- the cities surrounding Jerusalem and Judah's cities, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 33 : 14 (HCSB)

"Look, the days are coming"-- *this is the LORD's declaration-- "when I will fulfill the good promises that I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

Jeremiah 33 : 15 (HCSB)

In those days and at that time I will cause a Branch of righteousness to sprout up for David, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Jeremiah 33 : 16 (HCSB)

In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is what she will be named: The LORD Is Our Righteousness.

Jeremiah 33 : 17 (HCSB)

For this is what the LORD says: David will never fail to have a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.

Jeremiah 33 : 18 (HCSB)

The Levitical priests will never fail to have a man always before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices."

Jeremiah 33 : 19 (HCSB)

The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

Jeremiah 33 : 20 (HCSB)

"This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night so that day and night cease to come at their regular time,

Jeremiah 33 : 21 (HCSB)

then also My covenant with My servant David may be broken so that he will not have a son reigning on his throne, and the Levitical priests will not be My ministers.

Jeremiah 33 : 22 (HCSB)

The hosts of heaven cannot be counted; the sand of the sea cannot be measured. So, too, I will make the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister to Me innumerable."

Jeremiah 33 : 23 (HCSB)

The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

Jeremiah 33 : 24 (HCSB)

"Have you not noticed what these people have said? They say: The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen. My people are treated with contempt and no longer regarded as a nation among them.

Jeremiah 33 : 25 (HCSB)

This is what the LORD says: If I do not *keep My covenant with the day and with the night and fail to establish the fixed order of heaven and earth,

Jeremiah 33 : 26 (HCSB)

then I might also reject the seed of Jacob and of My servant David-- not taking from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, I will restore their fortunes and have compassion on them."