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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jeremiah 33 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/33.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/33-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Jeremiah 33</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/32.htm" title="Jeremiah 32">◄</a> Jeremiah 33 <a href="../jeremiah/34.htm" title="Jeremiah 34">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/jeremiah/33.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Promises of Peace and Prosperity</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the LORD gave him this second message: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“This is what the LORD says—the LORD who made the earth, who formed and established it, whose name is the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: You have torn down the houses of this city and even the king’s palace to get materials to strengthen the walls against the siege ramps and swords of the enemy. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You expect to fight the Babylonians,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> but the men of this city are already as good as dead, for I have determined to destroy them in my terrible anger. I have abandoned them because of all their wickedness.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Nevertheless, the time will come when I will heal Jerusalem’s wounds and give it prosperity and true peace. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I will restore the fortunes of Judah and Israel and rebuild their towns. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I will cleanse them of their sins against me and forgive all their sins of rebellion. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then this city will bring me joy, glory, and honor before all the nations of the earth! The people of the world will see all the good I do for my people, and they will tremble with awe at the peace and prosperity I provide for them.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“This is what the LORD says: You have said, ‘This is a desolate land where people and animals have all disappeared.’ Yet in the empty streets of Jerusalem and Judah’s other towns, there will be heard once more <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>the sounds of joy and laughter. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will be heard again, along with the joyous songs of people bringing thanksgiving offerings to the LORD. They will sing,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">‘Give thanks to the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,</p><p class="line2">for the LORD is good.</p><p class="line2">His faithful love endures forever!’</p><p class="b"/><p class="m">For I will restore the prosperity of this land to what it was in the past, says the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: This land—though it is now desolate and has no people and animals—will once more have pastures where shepherds can lead their flocks. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Once again shepherds will count their flocks in the towns of the hill country, the foothills of Judah,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> the Negev, the land of Benjamin, the vicinity of Jerusalem, and all the towns of Judah. I, the LORD, have spoken!</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“The day will come, says the LORD, when I will do for Israel and Judah all the good things I have promised them.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“In those days and at that time</p><p class="line2">I will raise up a righteous descendant<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> from King David’s line.</p><p class="line2">He will do what is just and right throughout the land.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>In that day Judah will be saved,</p><p class="line2">and Jerusalem will live in safety.</p><p class="line1">And this will be its name:</p><p class="line2">‘The LORD Is Our Righteousness.’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For this is what the LORD says: David will have a descendant sitting on the throne of Israel forever. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And there will always be Levitical priests to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings and sacrifices to me.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then this message came to Jeremiah from the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“This is what the LORD says: If you can break my covenant with the day and the night so that one does not follow the other, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>only then will my covenant with my servant David be broken. Only then will he no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne. The same is true for my covenant with the Levitical priests who minister before me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And as the stars of the sky cannot be counted and the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who minister before me.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The LORD gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“Have you noticed what people are saying?—‘The LORD chose Judah and Israel and then abandoned them!’ They are sneering and saying that Israel is not worthy to be counted as a nation. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But this is what the LORD says: I would no more reject my people than I would change my laws that govern night and day, earth and sky. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/33-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I will never abandon the descendants of Jacob or David, my servant, or change the plan that David’s descendants will rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, I will restore them to their land and have mercy on them.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">33:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Chaldeans.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">33:13 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the Shephelah.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">33:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">a righteous branch.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">33:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Yahweh Tsidqenu.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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