Jeremiah 33
The full text of Jeremiah 33 in the Trinity Bible Version — clear modern English, translated from the original Hebrew. Free to read.
1 While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
2 This is what the LORD says, he who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it — the LORD is his name:
3 'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'
4 For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses in this city and the royal palaces of Judah that have been torn down to be used against the siege ramps and the sword
5 in the fight with the Babylonians: The houses will be filled with the dead bodies of the people I will slay in my anger and wrath. I will hide my face from this city because of all its wickedness.
6 Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.
7 I will restore the fortunes of Judah and Israel and will rebuild them as they were before.
8 I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me.
9 Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.
10 This is what the LORD says: You say about this place, 'It is a waste, with neither people nor animals.' Yet in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted — inhabited by neither people nor animals — there will be heard again
11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD, saying,
"Give thanks to the LORD of hosts,
for the LORD is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever!"
For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before, says the LORD.
12 This is what the LORD of hosts says: In this place, desolate and without people or animals — in all its towns there will again be pastures where shepherds can rest their flocks.
13 In the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hand of the one who counts them, says the LORD.
14 The days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah.
15 In those days and at that time
I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line;
he will do what is just and right in the land.
16 In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
17 For this is what the LORD says: David will never fail to have a man to sit on the throne of Israel,
18 nor will the Levitical priests ever fail to have a man to stand before me continually to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to present sacrifices.
19 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
20 This is what the LORD says: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time,
21 then my covenant with David my servant — and my covenant with the Levites who are priests ministering before me — can be broken and David will no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne.
22 I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me as countless as the stars in the sky and as measureless as the sand on the seashore.
23 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
24 Have you not noticed that these people are saying, 'The LORD has rejected the two kingdoms he chose'? So they despise my people and no longer regard them as a nation.
25 This is what the LORD says: If I have not made my covenant with day and night and established the laws of heaven and earth,
26 then I will reject the descendants of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his sons to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and have compassion on them.
Translation notes (13)
- Jeremiah 33:2a The Hebrew text uses three creation verbs: 'make,' 'form,' and 'establish.' This emphasizes YHWH as the creator, grounding the promise of restoration in his universal authority.
- Jeremiah 33:3a The Hebrew word beṣūrôt means 'fortified' or 'inaccessible' things. This implies not just that they are hidden, but that they are actively defended against human access.
- Jeremiah 33:6a The Hebrew phrase ʿărûkat wîrpuʾāh means 'bandage and healing,' which is a medical metaphor for the city's wounds from the siege. The phrase ʾamnat šālôm weʾemet means 'abundant peace and faithfulness.'
- Jeremiah 33:8a The Hebrew words wᵉṭihartîm and wᵉsālaḥtî refer to cleansing (ṭhr) and forgiveness (slḥ). These represent a dual action of moral purification and legal pardon.
- Jeremiah 33:9a The Hebrew text uses four nouns of honor: lᵉšēm śāśôn lᵉtehillāh ûlᵉtip'eret. These words describe the awe nations will feel at Jerusalem's reversal from shame to glory.
- Jeremiah 33:11a Heb. citation of temple refrain (cf. Ps 100:5; 118:1; 136:1) — kî lᵉʿôlām ḥasdô. The liturgical shout of restoration echoes through ruins.
- Jeremiah 33:13a Heb. taʿăbornāh haṣṣōn ʿal-yᵉdê môneh — flocks passing under the shepherd's counting-rod (cf. Lev 27:32; Ezek 20:37).
- Jeremiah 33:15a The Hebrew ṣemaḥ ṣᵉdāqāh means 'a righteous sprout,' as also mentioned in Jeremiah 23:5. This is a prophecy about the Messiah, framed by the phrase 'in those days,' which points to a future time of God's intervention.
- Jeremiah 33:16a In 23:6 this name is given to the king; here applied to the city Jerusalem. A significant variant — perhaps the city shares the king's identity.
- Jeremiah 33:20a Heb. bᵉrîtî hayyômām ûbᵉrît hallāylāh — creation-order covenants (cf. Gen 8:22; Jer 31:35-37). Natural regularity as covenant.
- Jeremiah 33:22a Heb. the Abrahamic promise (Gen 15:5; 22:17) transferred to Davidic and Levitical descendants.
- Jeremiah 33:24a The 'two kingdoms' refer to Israel and Judah, both of whom were in exile. Observers concluded that the Lord (YHWH) had permanently abandoned both, a claim that Jeremiah must refute.
- Jeremiah 33:26a The Hebrew wᵉšabttî 'et-šᵉbûtām wᵉriḥamtîm is a phrase used for restoration, meaning 'I will restore their fortunes and have compassion on them.' This expression of compassion is the climax of the chapter.
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