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1. While Jeremiah was still shut up in the open space of the prison, the Word of the Lord came to him a second time, saying,
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1. Moreover the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 Jeremiah H3414 the second H8145 time , while he H1931 was yet H5750 shut up H6113 in the court H2691 of the prison H4307 , saying H559 ,
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2. "This is what the Lord says Who made the earth. The Lord made it to last. The Lord is His name.
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2. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 the maker H6213 thereof , the LORD H3068 that formed H3335 it , to establish H3559 it ; the LORD H3068 is his name H8034 ;
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3. 'Call to Me, and I will answer you. And I will show you great and wonderful things which you do not know.'
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3. Call H7121 unto H413 me , and I will answer H6030 thee , and show H5046 thee great H1419 and mighty H1219 things , which thou knowest H3045 not H3808 .
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4. For this is what the Lord God of Israel says about the houses of this city and about the houses of the kings of Judah which have been torn down to make a strong wall to help in the battle against the Babylonians.
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4. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , the God H430 of Israel H3478 , concerning H5921 the houses H1004 of this H2063 city H5892 , and concerning H5921 the houses H1004 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 , which are thrown down H5422 by H413 the mounts H5550 , and by H413 the sword H2719 ;
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5. Some will come to fight with the Babylonians, and they will fill the houses with the dead bodies of men whom I have killed in My anger. I will hide My face from this city because of all their sin.
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5. They come H935 to fight H3898 with H854 the Chaldeans H3778 , but it is to fill H4390 them with H854 the dead bodies H6297 of men H120 , whom H834 I have slain H5221 in mine anger H639 and in my fury H2534 , and for H5921 all H3605 whose H834 wickedness H7451 I have hid H5641 my face H6440 from this H2063 city H4480 H5892 .
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6. See, I will make it well again, and I will heal them. I will let them have much peace and truth.
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6. Behold H2009 , I will bring H4608 it health H724 and cure H4832 , and I will cure H7495 them , and will reveal H1540 unto them the abundance H6283 of peace H7965 and truth H571 .
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7. I will return the land to Judah and to Israel, and I will help them to become as they were before.
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7. And I will cause H853 the captivity H7622 of Judah H3063 and the captivity H7622 of Israel H3478 to return H7725 , and will build H1129 them , as at the first H7223 .
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8. I will make them clean from all the sins they have done against Me. I will forgive all their sins against Me.
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8. And I will cleanse H2891 them from all H4480 H3605 their iniquity H5771 , whereby H834 they have sinned H2398 against me ; and I will pardon H5545 all H3605 their iniquities H5771 , whereby H834 they have sinned H2398 , and whereby H834 they have transgressed H6586 against me.
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9. This city will make My name known. It will be to Me joy, praise and shining-greatness before all the nations of the earth that hear of all the good that I do for them. And they will fear and shake because of all the good and all the peace that I give it.'
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9. And it shall be H1961 to me a name H8034 of joy H8342 , a praise H8416 and an honor H8597 before all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776 , which H834 shall hear H8085 H853 all H3605 the good H2896 that H834 I H595 do unto H6213 them : and they shall fear H6342 and tremble H7264 for H5921 all H3605 the goodness H2896 and for H5921 all H3605 the prosperity H7965 that H834 I H595 procure H6213 unto it.
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10. "This is what the Lord says: 'You say of this place, "It is a waste, without man or animal." Yet in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are laid waste, with no man or animal living in them, there will again be heard
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10. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Again H5750 there shall be heard H8085 in this H2088 place H4725 , which H834 ye H859 say H559 shall be desolate H2720 without H4480 H369 man H120 and without H4480 H369 beast H929 , even in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 , and in the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 , that are desolate H8074 , without H4480 H369 man H120 , and without H4480 H369 inhabitant H3427 , and without H4480 H369 beast H929 ,
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11. the voice of joy and the voice of happiness. In this place will be heard the voice of the man to be married and the voice of the bride, and the voice of those who say, "Give thanks to the Lord of All, for the Lord is good. His loving-kindness lasts forever." And here will be heard the voice of those who bring a gift of thanks into the house of the Lord. For I will bring them back to the land as they were before,' says the Lord.
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11. The voice H6963 of joy H8342 , and the voice H6963 of gladness H8057 , the voice H6963 of the bridegroom H2860 , and the voice H6963 of the bride H3618 , the voice H6963 of them that shall say H559 , Praise H3034 H853 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 is good H2896 ; for H3588 his mercy H2617 endureth forever H5769 : and of them that shall bring H935 the sacrifice of praise H8426 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 . For H3588 I will cause to return H7725 H853 the captivity H7622 of the land H776 , as at the first H7223 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 .
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12. "The Lord of All says, 'This place is now a waste, without man or animal. Yet there will again be shepherds living in this place and in all its cities who can care for their sheep.
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12. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 ; Again H5750 in this H2088 place H4725 , which is desolate H2720 without H4480 H369 man H120 and without H5704 beast H929 , and in all H3605 the cities H5892 thereof , shall be H1961 a habitation H5116 of shepherds H7462 causing their flocks H6629 to lie down H7257 .
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13. In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the valley, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the land around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who numbers them,' says the Lord.
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13. In the cities H5892 of the mountains H2022 , in the cities H5892 of the vale H8219 , and in the cities H5892 of the south H5045 , and in the land H776 of Benjamin H1144 , and in the places about H5439 Jerusalem H3389 , and in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 , shall the flocks H6629 pass H5674 again H5750 under H5921 the hands H3027 of him that telleth H4487 them , saith H559 the LORD H3068 .
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14. 'See, the days are coming,' says the Lord, 'when I will do what I promised to the people of Israel and the people of Judah.
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14. Behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that I will perform H6965 H853 that good H2896 thing H1697 which H834 I have promised H1696 unto H413 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 and to H5704 the house H1004 of Judah H3063 .
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15. In those days and at that time I will cause a right and good Branch of David to rise up. And He will do what is fair and right and good on the earth.
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15. In those H1992 days H3117 , and at that H1931 time H6256 , will I cause the Branch H6780 of righteousness H6666 to grow up H6779 unto David H1732 ; and he shall execute H6213 judgment H4941 and righteousness H6666 in the land H776 .
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16. In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will be safe. And this is the name it will be called: The Lord makes us right and good.'
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16. In those H1992 days H3117 shall Judah H3063 be saved H3467 , and Jerusalem H3389 shall dwell H7931 safely H983 : and this H2088 is the name wherewith H834 she shall be called H7121 , The LORD H3068 our righteousness H6664 .
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17. For the Lord says, 'David will never be without a man to sit on the throne of the people of Israel.
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17. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; David H1732 shall never H3808 want H3772 a man H376 to sit H3427 upon H5921 the throne H3678 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 ;
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18. And the Levite religious leaders will never be without a man before Me to give burnt gifts, to burn grain gifts, and to make gifts ready on the altar all the time.' "
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18. Neither H3808 shall the priests H3548 the Levites H3881 want H3772 a man H376 before H4480 H6440 me to offer H5927 burnt offerings H5930 , and to kindle H6999 meat offerings H4503 , and to do H6213 sacrifice H2077 continually H3605 H3117 .
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19. The Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
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19. And the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 Jeremiah H3414 , saying H559 ,
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20. "This is what the Lord says: 'If you can break My agreement with the day and night, so that day and night will not come at their set time,
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20. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; If H518 ye can break H6565 H853 my covenant H1285 of the day H3117 , and my covenant H1285 of the night H3915 , and that there should not H1115 be H1961 day H3119 and night H3915 in their season H6256 ;
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21. then My agreement may also be broken with David My servant, that he will not have a son to rule on his throne. And then My agreement may be broken with My servants, the Levite religious leaders.
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21. Then may also H1571 my covenant H1285 be broken H6565 with H854 David H1732 my servant H5650 , that he should not have H4480 H1961 a son H1121 to reign H4427 upon H5921 his throne H3678 ; and with H854 the Levites H3881 the priests H3548 , my ministers H8334 .
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22. The stars of heaven cannot be numbered, and the sand of the sea cannot be weighed. In the same way I will make the children of David My servant many, as well as the Levites who serve Me.' "
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22. As H834 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 cannot H3808 be numbered H5608 , neither H3808 the sand H2344 of the sea H3220 measured H4058 : so H3651 will I multiply H7235 H853 the seed H2233 of David H1732 my servant H5650 , and the Levites H3881 that minister unto H8334 me.
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23. The Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
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23. Moreover the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to H413 Jeremiah H3414 , saying H559 ,
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24. "Have you not heard what these people are saying? They say, 'The Lord has turned away from the two families He had chosen.' So they hate My people. They are no longer a nation in their eyes.
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24. Considerest H7200 thou not H3808 what H4100 this H2088 people H5971 have spoken H1696 , saying H559 , The two H8147 families H4940 which H834 the LORD H3068 hath chosen H977 , he hath even cast them off H3988 ? thus they have despised H5006 my people H5971 , that they should be no H4480 H1961 more H5750 a nation H1471 before H6440 them.
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25. This is what the Lord says: 'If I do not keep My agreement with day and night and the laws of heaven and earth,
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25. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; If H518 my covenant H1285 be not H3808 with day H3119 and night H3915 , and if I have not H3808 appointed H7760 the ordinances H2708 of heaven H8064 and earth H776 ;
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26. then I will turn away from the children of Jacob and David My servant. Then I will not choose one of his children to rule over the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will bring them back to their land and will have loving-pity on them.' "
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26. Then H1571 will I cast away H3988 the seed H2233 of Jacob H3290 , and David H1732 my servant H5650 , so that I will not take H4480 H3947 any of his seed H4480 H2233 to be rulers H4910 over H413 the seed H2233 of Abraham H85 , Isaac H3446 , and Jacob H3290 : for H3588 I will cause H853 their captivity H7622 to return H7725 , and have mercy H7355 on them.
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