¶ Moreover¹ the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he² was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

Thus saith the LORD the maker³ thereof, the LORD⁴ that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;

Call⁵ unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew⁶ thee great and mighty⁷ things, which thou knowest not.

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 thrown⁸ down by the mounts, and by the sword;

They come⁹ 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 hid¹⁰ my face from this city.

Behold, I will bring¹¹ it health¹² and cure, and I will cure them, and will¹³ reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

And I will cause¹⁴ the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will¹⁵ build them, as at the first.

¹⁶And 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.

And it shall be to me a name¹⁷ of joy, a praise and an honour before¹⁸ all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear¹⁹ and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

¶ Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye²⁰ 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,

The voice of joy²¹, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them²² that shall say, Praise the²³ LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice²⁴ of praise into the house of the LORD. For I²⁵ will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without²⁶ man and without beast, and in all²⁷ the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

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, shall²⁸ the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.

²⁹Behold, 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.

In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch³⁰ of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he³¹ shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

In those days shall Judah³² be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell³³ safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness³⁴.

¶ For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want³⁵ a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

³⁶Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,

¶³⁷Thus 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;

Then may³⁸ also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he³⁹ should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with⁴⁰ the Levites the priests, my ministers.

As the host⁴¹ of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so⁴² will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites⁴³ that minister unto me.

Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two⁴⁴ families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus⁴⁵ they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

Thus saith the LORD; If my⁴⁶ covenant be not with day and night, and if⁴⁷ I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

Then will I⁴⁸ cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will⁴⁹ 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 have⁵⁰ mercy on them.