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10 “Thus says Yahweh: ‘Again will be heard in this place, of which you are saying, “It is a waste, without[a] people and without[b] animals,”[c] in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without[d] people and without[e] inhabitants[f] and without[g] animals,[h] 11 the voice of jubilation, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voices[i] of those who say, “Praise Yahweh of hosts, for Yahweh is good, for his loyal love is forever,”[j] the voices of those who bring thank offerings[k] to the house of Yahweh, for I will restore the fortunes[l] of the land as in the beginning,’ says Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 33:10 Literally “from there is not”
  2. Jeremiah 33:10 Literally “from there is not”
  3. Jeremiah 33:10 Hebrew “animal”
  4. Jeremiah 33:10 Literally “from there is not”
  5. Jeremiah 33:10 Literally “from there is not”
  6. Jeremiah 33:10 Hebrew “inhabitant”
  7. Jeremiah 33:10 Literally “from there is not”
  8. Jeremiah 33:10 Hebrew “animal”
  9. Jeremiah 33:11 Hebrew “voice”
  10. Jeremiah 33:11 Literally “to eternity”
  11. Jeremiah 33:11 Hebrew “thank offering”
  12. Jeremiah 33:11 Hebrew “fortune”

10 “This is what the Lord says: In this place, which you say is a ruin,(A) without people or animals—that is, in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s streets that are a desolation without people, without inhabitants, and without animals—there will be heard again 11 a sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride,(B) and the voice of those saying,

Give thanks to the Lord of Armies,
for the Lord is good;
his faithful love endures forever

as they bring thanksgiving sacrifices to the temple of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as in former times, says the Lord.

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