12 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: a‘In this place which is desolate, without man and without beast, and in all its cities, there shall again be a dwelling place of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
13 aIn the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks shall again bpass under the hands of him who counts them,’ says the Lord.
14 a‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that bI will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah:
15 ‘In those days and at that time
I will cause to grow up to David
A aBranch of righteousness;
He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
I will cause to grow up to David
A aBranch of righteousness;
He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
16 In those days Judah will be saved,
And Jerusalem will dwell safely.
And this is the name by which she will be called: 1THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.’
And Jerusalem will dwell safely.
And this is the name by which she will be called: 1THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.’
17 “For thus says the Lord: ‘David shall never alack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;
18 nor shall the apriests, the Levites, lack a man to boffer burnt offerings before Me, to1 kindle grain offerings, and to sacrifice continually.’ ”
The Permanence of God’s Covenant
19 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
20 “Thus says the Lord: ‘If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season,
21 then aMy covenant may also be broken with David My servant, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levites, the priests, My ministers.
22 As athe host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I bmultiply the descendants of David My servant and the cLevites who minister to Me.’ ”
23 Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
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What Does Jeremiah 33:14 Mean?
Jeremiah 33:14-18
This passage's main ideas are that, first, God's plan is focused on Israel through the fulfillment of the promises, and second, that the Israelites are thus God's primary agents for bringing His plan to pass, particularly the house of David and its greatest scion, Jesus of Nazareth. God will sometimes use Gentiles, but he predominantly employs Israelites to drive affairs along in His plan.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Why Israel? (Part One)
Related Topics: David, Promises to
| God's Plan
| God's Promises
| God's Promises to David
| God's Promises to Israel
| House of David
| Israel
| Promises to Israel
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