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,[ † ]Jeremiah 32:2-3 2Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;[ † ]Isaiah 37:26Exodus 15:3Jeremiah 10:16Amos 5:8Amos 9:6 3Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.[ † ]Psalms 91:15Isaiah 55:6-7Jeremiah 29:12 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;[ † ]Isaiah 22:10Jeremiah 32:24Ezekiel 4:2Ezekiel 21:22Habakkuk 1:10 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.[ † ]2 Kings 23:14Jeremiah 21:4-7Jeremiah 32:5 6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.[ † ]Jeremiah 30:17Hosea 6:1 7And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.[ † ]Psalms 85:1Jeremiah 30:3Jeremiah 32:44Amos 9:14Isaiah 1:26Jeremiah 24:6Jeremiah 30:20Jeremiah 31:4-28Jeremiah 42:10Amos 9:14-15 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.[ † ]Psalms 51:2Isaiah 44:22Jeremiah 50:20Ezekiel 36:25-33Micah 7:18-19Zechariah 13:1Hebrews 9:11-14 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.[ † ]Isaiah 62:7Jeremiah 13:11Isaiah 60:5
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,[ † ]Jeremiah 32:43 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 first, saith the Lord .[ † ]Jeremiah 7:34Jeremiah 16:9Jeremiah 25:10Revelation 18:231 Chronicles 16:82 Chronicles 5:13Ezra 3:11Psalms 136:1Isaiah 12:4Leviticus 7:12Psalms 107:22Psalms 116:17Hebrews 13:15
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.[ † ]Isaiah 65:10Jeremiah 31:24Jeremiah 50:19Ezekiel 34:12-15Zephaniah 2:6-7 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 .[ † ]Jeremiah 17:26Jeremiah 32:44Leviticus 27:32Luke 15:4
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.[ † ]Jeremiah 23:5Jeremiah 31:27-31Isaiah 32:1Jeremiah 29:10Jeremiah 32:42Ezekiel 34:23-25Haggai 2:6-9 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.[ † ]Isaiah 4:2Isaiah 11:1Jeremiah 23:5Zechariah 3:8Zechariah 6:12-13 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. 17For thus saith the Lord ; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;[ † ]2 Samuel 7:161 Kings 2:4Psalms 89:29Luke 1:32 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.[ † ]Numbers 3:5-10Deuteronomy 18:1Deuteronomy 24:8Joshua 3:3Ezekiel 44:15Romans 12:1Romans 15:161 Peter 2:5-9Revelation 1:6
19And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying, 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; 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.[ † ]2 Samuel 23:52 Chronicles 7:182 Chronicles 21:7Psalms 89:34 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.[ † ]Genesis 15:5Genesis 22:17Jeremiah 31:37Jeremiah 30:19Ezekiel 36:10-11Isaiah 66:21Jeremiah 33:18
23Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 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.[ † ]Nehemiah 4:2-4Esther 3:6-8Psalms 44:13-14Psalms 83:4Ezekiel 36:2 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;[ † ]Genesis 8:22Jeremiah 33:20Psalms 74:16Psalms 104:19 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.[ † ]Jeremiah 31:37Romans 11:1-2