Jerusalem and Judah will be Pardoned, Restored, Made Glad and Renowned

33 A second message from Jehovah came to Jeremiah while he was still confined in the guard-house. It was this: 2 Thus saith Jehovah, who created the earth and formed it to stand fast – Jehovah is His name:

3 "Call to Me, and in answer I will tell thee great and hidden things, of which thou art unaware."

4 Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the royal palaces of Judah which have been demolished to make a defence against the siege-mounds and the sword. 5 The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill them with the dead bodies of the men whom I have slain in Mine anger and fury, and whose manifold wickedness has constrained Me to hide My face from them. 6 Nevertheless, I will close up the city’s wounds and heal her completely, and I will unveil to them treasures of peace and stability. 7 The fortunes of Judah and Israel I will restore; and I will build them up as of old. 8 I will cleanse them of all the guilt of their sin against Me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against Me. 9 And she shall be to Me a source of delight, of praise, and of glory among all the nations of the earth, when they hear of all the happiness that I shall achieve for them; and they shall fear and tremble at all the happiness and all the prosperity that I shall provide for them.

10 Thus saith Jehovah: In this place that you call a desolation, forsaken of man and beast, in the cities of Judah and on the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, forsaken of man and beast, 11 there shall once again be heard the voice of mirth and gladness, the voice of bridegroom and bride, the voice of those that say, as they bring their thank-offerings into the House of Jehovah,

Give thanks to Jehovah of Hosts,

For Jehovah is gracious,

His kindness endureth for ever.

For I will restore the fortunes of the land, saith Jehovah, as in the olden time. 12 Thus saith Jehovah of Hosts: In this place which is desolate, forsaken of man and beast, and in all the cities thereof, there shall again be homesteads of shepherds with flocks reclining. 13 In the cities of the hill country, the lowland, and the south, in the district of Benjamin, the neighbourhood of Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, flocks shall once more file past, to be counted under the hands (of the shepherds), saith Jehovah.