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cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
7
And I will cause the
captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
8
And 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.
9
And 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.
10
Thus saith the L
ORD
; 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,
11
The 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 L
ORD
of hosts: for the L
ORD
is
good;
for his mercy
endureth
for ever:
and
of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house
of the L
ORD
. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the L
ORD
.
12
Thus
saith the L
ORD
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.
13
In
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 L
ORD
.
14
Behold, the days come, saith the L
ORD
,
that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house
of Judah.
15
In 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.
16
In those days shall Judah be saved,
and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this
is the name
wherewith she shall be called, The L
ORD
our
righteousness.
17
For thus saith the L
ORD
; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of
Israel;
18
Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to
kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
19
And the word of the L
ORD
came unto Jeremiah, saying,
20
Thus saith the L
ORD
; 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;
21
Then
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.
22
As 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.
23
Moreover the word of the L
ORD
came to Jeremiah, saying,
24
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two
families which the L
ORD
hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my
people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
25
Thus saith the L
ORD
; If my covenant
be not with day and night,
and if
I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
26
Then
will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take
any
of his seed
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