1 MOREOVER the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
2 Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;
3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
4 For 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;
5 They 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.
6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will 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 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,
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 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.
12 Thus 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.
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 Lord.
14 Behold, 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.
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 Lord our righteousness.
17 For thus saith the Lord; 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 Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying,
20 Thus 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;
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 Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
24 Considerest 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.
25 Thus saith the Lord; 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 to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

1Moreouer, the word of the Lord came vnto Ieremiah the second time (while hee was yet shut vp in the court of the prison) saying;

2Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it, the Lord is his Name.

3Call vnto me, and I will answere thee, and shew thee great and mightie things, which thou knowest not.

4For thus sayth the Lord the God of Israel concerning the houses of this citie, and concerning the houses of the kings of Iudah, which are throwen downe by the mounts, and by the sword.

5They come to fight with the Caldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whome I haue slaine in mine anger, and in my fury, and for all whose wickednesse I haue hid my face from this citie.

6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and wil reueale vnto them the abundance of peace, and trueth.

7And I will cause the captiuitie of Iudah, and the captiuitie of Israel to returne, and will build them as at the first.

8And I will clense them from all their iniquitie, whereby they haue sinned against mee: and I will pardon all their iniquities whereby they haue sinned, and whereby they haue transgressed against me.

9 And it shall be to me a name of ioy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall heare all the good that I doe vnto them: and they shall feare and tremble for all the goodnesse, and for all the prosperitie that I procure vnto it.

10Thus saith the Lord; Againe there shall be heard in this place (which yee say shalbe desolate without man and without beast, euen in the cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of Ierusalem that are desolate without man and without inhabitant, & without beast.)

11The voyce of ioy and the voyce of gladnesse, the voyce of the bridegroome, and the voyce of the bride, the voyce of them that shall say; Praise the Lord of hostes, for the Lord is good, for his mercy endureth for euer, and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord; for I will cause to returne the captiuitie of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.

12Thus saith the Lord of hostes; Againe in this place which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof shalbe a habitation of shepheards causing their flockes to lie downe.

13In the cities of the mountaines, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Beniamin, and in the places about Ierusalem, and in the cities of Iudah, shall the flockes passe againe vnder the hands of him that telleth them, saith the Lord.

14Behold, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will performe that good thing which I haue promised vnto the house of Israel, and to the house of Iudah.

15 In those dayes, and at that time will I cause the branch of righteousnesse to grow vp vnto Dauid, and he shall execute iudgement and righteousnesse in the land.

16In those dayes shall Iudah be saued, and Ierusalem shall dwell safely, and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousnesse.

17 For thus saith the Lord; Dauid shall neuer want a man to sit vpon the throne of the house of Israel.

18Neither shall the priests the Leuites want a man before me to offer burnt offrings, and to kindle meate offrings, and to doe sacrifice continually.

19 And the word of the Lord came vnto Ieremiah, saying,

20Thus saith the Lord; If you can breake my couenant of the day, and my couenant of the night, and that there should not be day, and night in their season:

21Then may also my couenant bee broken with Dauid my seruant, that he should not haue a sonne to reigne vpon his throne; and with the Leuites the priests my ministers.

22As the hoste of heauen cannot be numbred, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seede of Dauid my seruant, and the Leuites that minister vnto me.

23Moreouer, the word of the Lord came to Ieremiah, saying;

24Considerest thou not what this people haue spoken, saying; The two families, which the Lord hath chosen, he hath euen cast them off? thus they haue dispised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

25Thus saith the Lord; If my couenant be not with day and night, and if I haue not appointed the ordinances of heauen and earth:

26Then will I cast away the seede of Iacob and Dauid my seruant, so that I will not take any of his seede to be rulers ouer the seede of Abraham, Isaac and Iacob: for I will cause their captiuitie to returne, and haue mercie on them.

II == Ex 15:3 ; Isa 37:26 ; Amos 5:8 ; 9:6

III == Ps 91:15 ; Isa 48:6 ; Jer 29:12

VI == Jer 30:17

VII == Isa 1:26 ; Jer 24:6 ; 30:3 , 20 ; 31:4 , 28 ; 32:44 ; 33:11 ; 42:10

VIII == Jer 31:34 ; Ezek 36:25 ; Mic 7:18 ; Zech 13:1 ; Heb 9:13-14

IX == Isa 60:5 ; 62:7 ; Jer 13:11

X == Jer 32:43

XI == Lev 7:12 ; 1st Chr 16:8 , 34 ; 2nd chr 5:13 ; 7:3 ; Ezra 3:11 ; Ps 107:22 ; 116:17 ; 136:1 ; Isa 12:4 ; Jer 7:34 ; 16:9 ; 25:10 ; 33:7 ; Rev 18:23

XII == Isa 65:10 ; Jer 31:24 ; 50:19

XIII == Lev 27:32 ; Jer 17:26 ; 32:44

XV == Isa 4:2 ; 11:1

XVI == Jer 23:6

XVII == 2nd Sam 7:16 ; 1st Kings 2:4 ; Ps 89:29 , 36 ; Luke 1:32-33

XVIII == Rom 12:1 ; 15:16 ; 1st Peter 2:5 , 9 ; Rev 1:6

XX == Ps 89:37 ; Isa 54:9 ; Jer 31:36 ; 33:25

XXI == Ps 89:34

XXII == Gen 13:16 ; 15:5 ; 22:17 ; Jer 31:37

XXIV == Jer 33:21-22

XXV == Gen 8:22 ; Ps 74:16-17 ; 104:19 ; Jer 31:35-36 ; 33:20

XXVI == 2nd Kings 25:1 ; Ezra 2:1 ; Jer 1:15 ; 31:37 ; 33:7 , 11 ; 39:1 ; 52:4

1 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time while he was still imprisoned in the quarters of the guard:

2 Thus says the LORD who made the earth and gave it form and firmness, whose name is LORD:

3 Call to me, and I will answer you; I will tell to you things great beyond reach of your knowledge.

4 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the palaces of Judah's kings, which are being destroyed in the face of siegeworks and the sword:

5 men come to battle the Chaldeans, and these houses will be filled with the corpses of those whom I slay in my anger and wrath, when I hide my face from this city for all their wickedness.

6 Behold, I will treat and assuage the city's wounds; I will heal them, and reveal to them an abundance of lasting peace.

7 I will change the lot of Judah and the lot of Israel, and rebuild them as of old.

8 I will cleanse them of all the guilt they incurred by sinning against me; all their offenses by which they sinned and rebelled against me, I will forgive.

9 Then Jerusalem shall be my joy, my praise, my glory, before all the nations of the earth, as they hear of all the good I will do among them. They shall be in fear and trembling over all the peaceful benefits I will give her.

10 Thus says the LORD: In this place of which you say, "How desolate it is, without man, without beast!" and in the cities of Judah, in the streets of Jerusalem that are now deserted, without man, without citizen, without beast, there shall yet be heard

11 the cry of joy, the cry of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, the voice of the bride, the sound of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD, singing, "Give thanks to the LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good; his mercy endures forever." For I will restore this country as of old, says the LORD.

12 Thus says the LORD of hosts: In this place, now desolate, without man or beast, and in all its cities there shall again be sheepfolds for the shepherds to couch their flocks.

13 In the cities of the hill country, of the foothills, and of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin and the suburbs of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.

14 The days are coming, says the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and Judah.

15 In those days, in that time, I will raise up for David a just shoot; he shall do what is right and just in the land.

16 In those days Judah shall be safe and Jerusalem shall dwell secure; this is what they shall call her: "The LORD our justice."

17 For thus says the LORD: Never shall David lack a successor on the throne of the house of Israel,

18 nor shall priests of Levi ever be lacking, to offer holocausts before me, to burn cereal offerings, and to sacrifice victims.This word of the LORD also came to Jeremiah:

19 Thus says the LORD:

20 If you can break my covenant with day, and my covenant with night, so that day and night no longer alternate in sequence,

21 then can my covenant with my servant David also be broken, so that he will not have a son to be king upon his throne, and my covenant with the priests of Levi who minister to me.

22 Like the host of heaven which cannot be numbered, and the sands of the sea which cannot be counted, I will multiply the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who minister to me.

23 This word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

24 Have you not noticed what these people are saying: "The LORD has rejected the two tribes which he had chosen"? They spurn my people as if it were no longer a nation in their eyes.

25 Thus says the LORD: When I have no covenant with day and night, and have given no laws to heaven and earth,

26 then too will I reject the descendants of Jacob and of my servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers for the race of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will change their lot and show them mercy.

v 1-3. This is the last chapter of consolations. God speaks to Jeremiah, still in prison, and urged him to call on Him, and He would give him special revelation.
v 4-13. True, Jerusalem would be destroyed, but the promise of restoration holds. Then He elaborates on the completeness of the restoration and the joy that will return.
v 14-16. This looks beyond the return to the Millennium, when Israel will not only have the New Covenant, but will see the fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant, when Christ, the Branch, will be ruling on the throne of David.
v 17,18. David’s throne endure, and also the line of the priests and Levites.
v 19-22 Only if man could stop night and day would this covenant be broken.
v 23-26. Either enemies or unbelieving Jews believed that the nation divided into the northern and southern kingdoms were so crushed and cast off from the Lord they could no longer be regarded a nation. God responded that as sure as there was day and night  and heaven and earth, His promises were secure. God’s Covenants were not based on the conduct of the men listed, but on His own character. They may be temporarily set aside, but His promise can not be annulled.