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give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for
the good of them, and of their children after them: and I will make an
everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them,
to do them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts, that they shall
not depart from Me. Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good,
and I will plant them in this land assuredly with My whole heart and
with My whole soul.
“For thus saith the Lord; Like as I have brought all this great evil
upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have
promised them. And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye
say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the
Chaldeans. Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences,
and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the
places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of
the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the
south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.”
Verses
37-44
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In confirmation of these assurances of deliverance and restoration,
“the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he
was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
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“Thus saith the Lord the Maker thereof, the Lord that formed it,
to establish it; the Lord is His name; Call unto Me, and I will answer
thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of
this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are
thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; ... Behold, I will bring
it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the
abundance of peace and truth. And I will cause the captivity of Judah
and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have
sinned against Me; and I will pardon all their iniquities.... And it shall
be to Me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the nations of
the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they
shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity
that I procure unto it.
“Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall be heard in this place,
which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in
the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ... the voice of joy,