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Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying,
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Thus saith Jehovah that doeth it, Jehovah that formeth it to establish it; Jehovah is his name :
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Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.
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For thus saith Jehovah , the God of Israel , concerning the houses of this city , and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah , which are broken down [to make a defence] against the mounds and against the sword ;
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while [men] come to fight with the Chaldeans , and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my wrath , and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city :
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Behold, I will bring it health and cure , and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth .
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And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return , and will build them, as at the first .
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And 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 against me, and whereby they have transgressed against me.
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And [this city] shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth , which shall hear all the good that I do unto them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure unto it.
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Thus saith Jehovah : Yet again there shall be heard in this place , whereof ye say , It is waste, 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 ,
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the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride , the voice of them that say , Give thanks to Jehovah of hosts , for Jehovah is good , for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever ; [and of them] that bring [sacrifices of] thanksgiving into the house of Jehovah . For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first , saith Jehovah .
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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts : Yet again shall there be in this place , which is waste, without man and without beast , and in all the cities thereof, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
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In the cities of the hill -country , in the cities of the lowland, 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 , shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him that numbereth them, saith Jehovah .
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Behold, the days come , saith Jehovah , that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah .
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In those days , and at that time , will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David ; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land .
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In those days shall Judah be saved , and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is [the name] whereby she shall be called : Jehovah our righteousness .
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For thus saith Jehovah : David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel ;
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neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings , and to burn meal-offerings , and to do sacrifice continually.
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And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah , saying,
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Thus saith Jehovah : If ye can break my covenant of the day , and my covenant of the night , so that there shall not be day and night in their season;
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then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant , that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne ; and with the Levites the priests , my ministers .
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As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured ; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant , and the Levites that minister unto me.
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And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah , saying,
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Considerest thou not what this people have spoken , saying, The two families which Jehovah did choose, he hath cast them off? thus do they despise my people , that they should be no more a nation before them.
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Thus saith Jehovah : If my covenant of day and night [stand ] not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth ;
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then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob , and of David my servant , so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob : for I will cause their captivity to return , and will have mercy on them.