Yahweh Will Pardon the People’s Iniquity

33 Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still ^[a](A)confined in the court of the guard, saying, ² “Thus says ^(B)Yahweh who made ^[b]the earth, Yahweh who formed it to establish it; ^(C)Yahweh is His name, ³ ‘^(D)Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you ^(E)great and mighty things, ^(F)which you do not know.’ ⁴ For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning the ^(G)houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are torn down to make a defense against the ^(H)siege ramps and against the sword, ⁵ ‘While they are coming to ^(I)fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have struck down in My anger and in My wrath, and I have ^(J)hidden My face from this city because of all their evil: ⁶ Behold, I will bring to it ^(K)health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an ^(L)abundance of peace and truth. ⁷ I will ^[c](M)return the ^[d]fortunes of Judah and the ^[e]fortunes of Israel and will ^(N)rebuild them as they were at first. ⁸ And I will ^(O)cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me. ⁹ And ^[f]it will be to Me a ^(P)name of joy, praise, and beauty before ^(Q)all the nations of the earth which will hear of all the ^(R)good that I do for them, and they will ^(S)be in dread and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.’

¹⁰ “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Yet again there will be heard in this place, of which you say, “It is a ^(T)waste, without man and without beast,” that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are ^(U)desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast, ¹¹ the voice of ^(V)joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say,

and of those who bring a ^(X)thank offering into the house of Yahweh. For I will ^[g]return the ^[h]fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says Yahweh.

¹² “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘There will again be in this place which is waste, ^(Y)without man or beast, and in all its cities, ^[i]an abode of shepherds who cause their ^(Z)flocks to lie down. ¹³ In the ^(AA)cities of the hill country, in the cities of the ^[j]Shephelah, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the surroundings of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again ^(AB)pass under the hands of the one who numbers them,’ says Yahweh.

The Righteous Branch of David

¹⁴ ‘Behold, ^(AC)days are coming,’ declares Yahweh, ‘when I will ^(AD)establish the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. ¹⁵ In those days and at that time I will cause a ^(AE)righteous Branch of David to branch forth; and He shall do ^(AF)justice and righteousness on the earth. ¹⁶ In those days ^(AG)Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell in security; and this is the name by which she will be called: ^(AH)Yahweh is our righteousness.’ ¹⁷ For thus says Yahweh, ‘^[k]David shall ^(AI)not have a man cut off from sitting on the throne of the house of Israel; ^18 [l]and the ^(AJ)Levitical priests shall not have a man cut off from before Me who is to offer burnt offerings, to offer up grain offerings in smoke, and to ^(AK)perform sacrifices ^[m]continually.’”

¹⁹ Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying, ²⁰ “Thus says Yahweh, ‘If you can ^(AL)break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time, ²¹ then ^(AM)My covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers. ²² As the ^(AN)host of heaven cannot be counted and the ^(AO)sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will ^(AP)multiply the seed of David My servant and the ^(AQ)Levites who minister to Me.’”

²³ And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying, ²⁴ “Have you not seen what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The ^(AR)two families which Yahweh chose, He has ^(AS)rejected them’? Thus they have ^(AT)spurned My people from being a nation any longer ^[n]in their sight. ²⁵ Thus says Yahweh, ‘If My ^(AU)covenant for day and night stand not, and the statutes for heaven and earth I have ^(AV)not established, ²⁶ then I would ^(AW)reject the seed of Jacob and David My servant, ^[o]not taking from his seed ^(AX)rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But I will ^[p](AY)return their ^[q]fortunes and will have ^(AZ)compassion on them.’”