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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Promises To Give the Land Back to His People</h3><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_1"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.1-Jer.33.2" class="v24_33_1">1-2</span>I was still being held prisoner in the courtyard of the palace guards when the <span class="nd">Lord</span> told me:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_1">I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, and I created the whole world.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.33.1-Jer.33.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v24_33_3"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.3" class="v24_33_3">3</span>Ask me, and I will tell you things that you don't know and can't find out.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_4"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.4-Jer.33.5" class="v24_33_4">4-5</span>Many of the houses in Jerusalem and some of the buildings at the royal palace have been torn down to be used in repairing the walls to keep out the Babylonian attackers.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.33.4-Jer.33.5!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> Now there are empty spaces where the buildings once stood. But I am furious, and these spaces will be filled with the bodies of the people I kill. The people of Jerusalem will cry out to me for help, but they are evil, and I will ignore their prayers.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_6"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.6" class="v24_33_6">6</span>Then someday, I will heal this place and my people as well, and let them enjoy unending peace.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.33.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v24_33_7"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.7" class="v24_33_7">7</span>I will give this land to Israel and Judah once again, and I will make them as strong as they were before. </span><span class="v24_33_8"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.8" class="v24_33_8">8</span>They sinned and rebelled against me, but I will forgive them and take away their guilt. </span><span class="v24_33_9"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.9" class="v24_33_9">9</span>When that happens, all nations on earth will see the good things I have done for Jerusalem, and how I have given it complete peace. The nations will celebrate and praise and honor me, but they will also tremble with fear because of the powerful things I have done.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_10"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.10" class="v24_33_10">10</span>Jeremiah, you say that this land is a desert without people or animals, and for now, you are right. The towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem are deserted, and people and animals are nowhere to be seen. But someday you will hear </span><span class="v24_33_11"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.11" class="v24_33_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.33.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> happy voices and the sounds of parties and wedding celebrations. And when people come to my temple to offer sacrifices to thank me, you will hear them say:</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v24_33_11">“We praise you,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v24_33_11"><span class="nd">Lord</span> All-Powerful!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v24_33_11">You are good to us,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v24_33_11">and your love never fails.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_11">The land will once again be productive. </span><span class="v24_33_12"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.12-Jer.33.13" class="v24_33_12">12-13</span>Now it is empty, without people or animals. But when that time comes, shepherds will take care of their flocks in pastures near every town in the hill country, in the foothills to the west, in the Southern Desert, in the land of the Benjamin tribe, and around Jerusalem and the towns of Judah.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_12">I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have spoken.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s Wonderful Promise</h3><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_14"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.14" class="v24_33_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.33.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_14">I made a wonderful promise to Israel and Judah,<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.33.14!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and the days are coming when I will keep it.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v24_33_15"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.15" class="v24_33_15">15</span>I promise that the time will come</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v24_33_15">when I will appoint a king</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v24_33_15">from the family of David,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v24_33_15">a king who will be honest</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v24_33_15">and rule with justice.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v24_33_16"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.16" class="v24_33_16">16</span>In those days,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v24_33_16">Judah will be safe;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v24_33_16">Jerusalem will have peace</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v24_33_16">and will be named,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v24_33_16">“The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Gives Justice.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_17"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.17" class="v24_33_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.33.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The king of Israel will be one of David's descendants, </span><span class="v24_33_18"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.18" class="v24_33_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.33.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and there will always be priests from the Levi tribe serving at my altar and offering sacrifices to please me and to give thanks.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.33.18!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_19"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.19" class="v24_33_19">19</span>Then the <span class="nd">Lord</span> told me:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_20"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.20" class="v24_33_20">20</span>I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have an agreement with day and night, so they always come at the right time. You can't break the agreement I made with them, </span><span class="v24_33_21"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.21" class="v24_33_21">21</span>and you can't break the agreements I have made with David's family and with the priests from the Levi tribe who serve at my altar. A descendant of David will always rule as king of Israel, </span><span class="v24_33_22"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.22" class="v24_33_22">22</span>and there will be more descendants of David and of the priests from the Levi tribe than stars in the sky or grains of sand on the beach.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_23"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.23" class="v24_33_23">23</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> also said:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_24"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.24" class="v24_33_24">24</span>You've heard foreigners insult my people by saying, “The <span class="nd">Lord</span> chose Israel and Judah, but now he has rejected them, and they are no longer a nation.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_33_25"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.25" class="v24_33_25">25</span>Jeremiah, I will never break my agreement with the day and the night or let the sky and the earth stop obeying my commands. </span><span class="v24_33_26"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.33.26" class="v24_33_26">26</span>In the same way, I will never reject the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob or break my promise that they will always have a descendant of David as their king. I will be kind to my people Israel, and they will be successful again.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.1,2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the whole world: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation; Hebrew “it.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.4,5 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">have been torn down … Babylonian attackers: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">let them enjoy unending peace: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Israel and Judah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 2.4.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.18 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sacrifices to please me and to give thanks: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the notes at 14.12.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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