Restoration of Judah and Jerusalem

33 This message from the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guard: ² “This is what the Lord says who made the earth, the Lord who formed it in order to establish it—whose name is the Lord— ³ ‘Call to me and I’ll answer you, and will tell you about great and hidden^[a] things that you don’t know.’ ⁴ For this is what the Lord God of Israel says about the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to defend^[b] against the siege ramps and the sword, ⁵ ‘The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those houses with the dead bodies of the people that I’ve struck down in my anger and wrath, for I’ve hidden my face from this city because of all their wickedness.