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And the word of Jehovah was unto▵ Jeremiah◦ a second time (and he◦ was still restrained in the court of the prison◦), saying,
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Thus says Jehovah her maker, Jehovah who formed her, to establish her, Jehovah is His name:
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Call unto▵ Me, and I will answer thee, and tell thee of great and fortified things; thou knowest them not.
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For thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are torn··down by the embankments, and by the sword:
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they are coming to fight the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them* with◦ human corpses, whom I have smitten in My anger and in My fury, and I have hidden My face from this city on··account··of all their evil.
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Behold, I will cause health◦ and healing to come··up to her, and I will heal them, and will reveal to them◦ the crown 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, and whereby they have transgressed against◦ Me.
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And it shall be for Me for a name of joy, for praise and for adornment to all the nations of the earth, who shall hear all the goodness that I▵ do for them; and they shall dread and tremble over all the goodness and over all the peace, which I▵ will do for her.
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Thus says Jehovah: Yet··again there shall be heard in this place, which you◦ say is a waste without▵ man and without▵ beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolated, without▵ man, and without▵ those who dwell in her, 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 those who shall say, Confess Jehovah of Armies; for Jehovah is good, for His mercy is for eternity; and of those who shall bring· the offering of thanksgiving ·into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return, as at the first, says Jehovah.
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Thus says Jehovah of Armies: Still in this place, which is a waste without▵ man and without beast, and in all its cities, shall be a home of shepherds causing their flocks to lie··down◦.
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In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass yet··again under the hands of him who counts them, says Jehovah.
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Behold, the days come, says◦ Jehovah, that I will raise··up that◦ good thing which I have spoken to▵ the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.
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In those◦ days, and at that◦ time, I will cause the growing··Branch of justice to grow to David; and He shall do judgment and justice in the land.
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In those◦ days Judah shall be saved, and Jerusalem shall reside securely; and this is the name* with which He shall be called: Jehovah-our-justice.
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For thus says Jehovah: unto David there shall not be cut··off a man◦ to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
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and to the priests, the Levites, there shall not be cut··off a man◦ from before Me offering··up a burnt··offering, and burning· a gift··offering ·for··incense, and making a sacrifice all the days.
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And the word of Jehovah was unto▵ Jeremiah◦, saying,
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Thus says Jehovah: If you can make··of··none··effect My covenant of the day, and My covenant of the night, that there should not▵ be day and night in their times;
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then even My covenant will be made··of··none··effect: with◦ David My servant, from his having◦ a son to reign on his throne; and with◦ the Levites the priests, from being My ministers.
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As the army of the heavens cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the seed of David My servant, and the Levites who minister to Me.
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And the word of Jehovah was to▵ Jeremiah◦, saying,
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Seest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah has chosen among◦ them, He has even rejected them? And they have disdained My people, from being any··more a nation before them.
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Thus says Jehovah, If My covenant be not by··day and night, then I have not set the stated times of the heavens and the earth.
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even the seed of Jacob and David My servant I will reject, so that I will not* take from his seed rulers for◦ the seed of Abraham, Isaac◦, and Jacob; for I will cause their captivity to return, and have··compassion on them.
