¹ And the word of Jehovah was unto^▵ Jeremiah^◦ a second time (and he^◦ was still restrained in the court of the prison^◦), saying,

² Thus says Jehovah her maker, Jehovah who formed her, to establish her, Jehovah is His name:

³ Call unto^▵ Me, and I will answer thee, and tell thee of great and fortified things; thou knowest them not.

⁴ 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:

⁵ 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.

⁶ 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.

⁷ And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.

⁸ 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.

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ 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,

¹¹ 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.

¹² 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^◦.

¹³ 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.

¹⁴ 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.

¹⁵ 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.

¹⁶ 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.

¹⁷ For thus says Jehovah: unto David there shall not be cut·​·off a man^◦ to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

¹⁸ 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.

¹⁹ And the word of Jehovah was unto^▵ Jeremiah^◦, saying,

²⁰ 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;

²¹ 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.

²² 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.

²³ And the word of Jehovah was to^▵ Jeremiah^◦, saying,

²⁴ 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.

²⁵ 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.

²⁶ 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.

¹ Stir thyself, stir thyself; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on the garments of thy splendor, O Jerusalem, thou city of holiness! For no^◦ more^◦ shall come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

² Shake·​·off the dust from thyself; arise, sit, O Jerusalem; loose^◦ thyself from the bonds^◦ of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion!

³ For thus says Jehovah, For·​·nothing you have·​·sold yourselves; and not with silver shall you be redeemed.

⁴ For thus says the Lord Jehovih^*, My people went·​·down at the first to Egypt to sojourn there; and Assyria oppressed them for nothing^◦.

⁵ And now, what have^◦ I^◦ here? says^◦ Jehovah. For My people is taken for·​·nothing, their rulers make them howl, says^◦ Jehovah, and continually all the day is My name disdained.

⁶ Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that^◦ day they shall know that I^◦ am He^◦ who speaks; behold, it is I.

⁷ How comely· on the mountains ·are the feet of him who brings·​·tidings, who makes peace to be heard; who brings·​·tidings of good, who makes salvation to be heard! Who says unto Zion, Thy God reigns!

⁸ The voice of thy watchmen; they shall lift up their voice; they shall sing·​·aloud together; for eye to eye shall they see, when Jehovah returns to Zion.

⁹ Burst·​·forth, sing·​·aloud together, O ye wastes of Jerusalem! For Jehovah has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem!

¹⁰ Jehovah has made·​·bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends^◦ of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

¹¹ Remove ye, remove ye, go· ye ·out from thence; touch no^◦ unclean thing; go· ye ·out from the midst of her; be ye purified, ye who bear the vessels of Jehovah!

¹² For you shall not go·​·out with rushing, and you shall not go with fleeing; for Jehovah will walk before you, and the God of Israel will gather· you ·in.

¹³ Behold, My Servant shall have·​·intelligence; He shall be exalted and borne·​·up, and shall be very lofty.

¹⁴ As^◦ many were·​·astonished at Thee, so His appearance was marred more than any man^◦, and His form^◦ more than the sons of man.

¹⁵ So shall He spatter many nations; concerning Him kings shall shut· their mouth ·tightly; for that which was not recounted^◦ to them shall they see; and that which they had not heard they shall understand.