1Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Many Bible Versions
2Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name; Many Bible Versions
3Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Many Bible Versions
4For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; Many Bible Versions
5They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. Many Bible Versions
6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. Many Bible Versions
7And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. Many Bible Versions
8And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. Many Bible Versions
9And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. Many Bible Versions
10Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, Many Bible Versions
11The 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, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord. Many Bible Versions
12Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. Many Bible Versions
13In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the Lord. Many Bible Versions
14Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. Many Bible Versions
15In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. Many Bible Versions
16In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness. Many Bible Versions
17For thus saith the Lord; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; Many Bible Versions
18Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. Many Bible Versions
19And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying, Many Bible Versions
20Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; Many Bible Versions
21Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. Many Bible Versions
22As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. Many Bible Versions
23Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, Many Bible Versions
24Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. Many Bible Versions
25Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; Many Bible Versions
26Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. Many Bible Versions