Jeremiah 33 – NIRV & OL

New International Reader’s Version

Jeremiah 33:1-26

The Lord Promises to Heal His People

1Jeremiah was still being held as a prisoner. He was kept in the courtyard of the guard. Then another message from the Lord came to him. The Lord said, 2“I made the earth. I formed it. And I set it in place. The Lord is my name. 3Call out to me. I will answer you. I will tell you great things you do not know. And unless I do, you wouldn’t be able to find out about them.” 4The Lord is the God of Israel. He speaks about the houses in Jerusalem. He talks about the royal palaces of Judah. The people had torn down many of them. They had used their stones to strengthen the city walls against attack. 5That was during their fight with the armies of Babylon. The Lord says, “The houses will be filled with dead bodies. They will be the bodies of the people I will kill. I will kill them when I am very angry with them. I will hide my face from this city. That’s because its people have committed so many sins.

6“But now I will bring health and healing to Jerusalem. I will heal my people. I will let them enjoy great peace and security. 7I will bring Judah and Israel back from the places where they have been taken. I will build up the nation again. It will be just as it was before. 8I will wash from its people all the sins they have committed against me. And I will forgive all the sins they committed when they turned away from me. 9Then this city will bring me fame, joy, praise and honor. All the nations on earth will hear about the good things I do for this city. They will see the great success and peace I give it. Then they will be filled with wonder. And they will tremble with fear.”

10The Lord says, “You say about this place, ‘It’s a dry and empty desert. It doesn’t have any people or animals in it.’ The towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem are now deserted. So they do not have any people or animals living in them. But happy sounds will be heard there once more. 11They will be the sounds of joy and gladness. The voices of brides and grooms will fill the streets. And the voices of those who bring thank offerings to my house will be heard there. They will say,

“ ‘Give thanks to the Lord who rules over all,

because he is good.

His faithful love continues forever.’

That’s because I will bless this land with great success again. It will be as it was before,” says the Lord.

12The Lord who rules over all says, “This place is a desert. It does not have any people or animals in it. But there will again be grasslands near all its towns. Shepherds will rest their flocks there. 13Flocks will again pass under the hands of shepherds as they count their sheep,” says the Lord. “That will be done in the towns of the central hill country. It will be done in the western hills and the Negev Desert. It will be done in the territory of Benjamin. And it will be done in the villages around Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah.

14“The days are coming,” announces the Lord. “At that time I will fulfill my good promise to my people. I made it to the people of Israel and Judah.

15“Here is what I will do in those days and at that time.

I will make a godly Branch grow from David’s royal line.

He will do what is fair and right in the land.

16In those days Judah will be saved.

Jerusalem will live in safety.

And it will be called

The Lord Who Makes Us Right With Himself.”

17The Lord says, “David will always have a son to sit on the throne of Israel. 18The priests, who are Levites, will always have a man to serve me. He will sacrifice burnt offerings. He will burn grain offerings. And he will offer sacrifices.”

19A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. 20The Lord said, “Could you ever break my covenant with the day? Could you ever break my covenant with the night? Could you ever stop day and night from coming at their appointed times? 21Only then could my covenant with my servant David be broken. Only then could my covenant with the Levites who serve me as priests be broken. Only then would David no longer have someone from his family line to rule on his throne. 22Here is what I will do for my servant David. And here is what I will do for the Levites who serve me. I will make their children after them as many as the stars in the sky. And I will make them as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. It will be impossible to count them.”

23A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. The Lord said, 24“Haven’t you noticed what these people are saying? They say, ‘The Lord once chose the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah. But now he has turned his back on them.’ So they hate my people. They do not think of them as a nation anymore. 25I say, ‘What if I had not made my covenant with day and night? What if I had not established the laws of heaven and earth? 26Only then would I turn my back on the children of Jacob and my servant David. Only then would I not choose one of David’s sons to rule over the children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will bless my people with great success again. I will love them with tender love.’ ”

O Livro

Jeremias 33:1-26

A promessa de restauração

1Durante a estadia de Jeremias na prisão, o Senhor enviou-lhe uma segunda mensagem: 2“O Senhor, o Criador dos céus e da Terra, cujo nome é Senhor, diz assim: 3Pede-me e dir-te-ei alguns segredos notáveis que ignoras. 4Mesmo tendo derrubado casas, e até o palácio do rei, para obter materiais para fortalecer as muralhas contra os instrumentos de ataque 5com que o inimigo sitia a cidade, mesmo assim os caldeus entrarão e os homens desta cidade poderão considerar-se mortos, pois já determinei que sejam destruídos na minha tremenda cólera. Abandonei-os por causa da sua terrível maldade e não terei compaixão quando implorarem o meu socorro.

6Contudo, virá um tempo em que curarei Jerusalém dos males que lhe provoquei e em que lhe tornarei a dar prosperidade e paz. 7Reconstruirei tanto as cidades de Judá como de Israel e lhes darei novamente uma vida venturosa. 8Limpá-los-ei e perdoá-los-ei de todos os pecados que praticaram contra mim. 9Então esta cidade será uma honra para mim; dar-me-á alegria e será uma fonte de alegria e louvor aos olhos de todas as nações da Terra! Todo o mundo verá o bem que faço ao meu povo e tremerá de espanto!”

10Assim diz o Senhor: “Vocês afirmam que este lugar é como um deserto, que não há gente nem animais a viver aqui, e têm razão. As cidades de Judá e as ruas de Jerusalém estão desertas, ninguém lá vive. Mas nesses mesmos lugares ainda se ouvirá 11o som de festa e de alegria, as vozes do noivo e da noiva no banquete de casamento, e os alegres cânticos dos que trazem as suas ofertas de gratidão à casa do Senhor:

‘Deem graças ao Senhor dos exércitos, porque ele é bom,

porque o seu amor é eterno!’

Pois farei esta terra mais feliz e mais próspera do que foi no passado, diz o Senhor.” 12Continua o Senhor dos exércitos: “Nesta terra, que agora está deserta, onde nem pessoas nem animais vivem, haverá de novo pastagens para onde os pastores poderão conduzir as suas ovelhas e cordeiros. 13Nas cidades das regiões montanhosas, nas da planície costeira, na região do Negueve, na terra de Benjamim, nos arredores de Jerusalém e nas cidades de Judá os pastores contarão de novo as suas cabeças de gado, diz o Senhor! 14Virá o tempo em que farei a Israel e a Judá todo o bem que lhes prometi.

15Nessa altura, porei sobre o trono um Renovo justo, da descendência de David, o qual governará com justiça. 16Nesse dia, o povo de Judá e de Jerusalém viverá em segurança e o seu lema será: ‘O Senhor é a nossa justiça!’ 17O Senhor declara que a partir de então, David terá sempre um herdeiro sentado no trono de Israel. 18E haverá sempre levitas para oferecer holocaustos e ofertas de manjares e sacrifícios.”

19Veio mais outra mensagem do Senhor a Jeremias. 20“Se puderem mudar as leis de alternância do dia e da noite, fazendo com que o dia e a noite não aconteçam como normalmente, 21então também a minha aliança com David, o meu servo, poderá vir a ser quebrada, de forma que não tenha um filho para se sentar no seu trono, e também a aliança que fiz com os meus sacerdotes, os meus ministros, será cancelada. 22Assim como as estrelas do firmamento não podem ser contadas, nem os grãos da areia do mar, assim também serão multiplicados os descendentes do meu servo David e igualmente a linhagem dos levitas que administram o meu culto.”

23O Senhor falou novamente a Jeremias, dizendo-lhe: 24“Ouviste que o meu povo está a dizer que o Senhor escolheu Judá e Israel para agora os abandonar? Andam a escarnecer e afirmam que Israel não merecia ser considerada uma nação. 25Eis a resposta do Senhor: não mais hei de rejeitar o meu povo, do mesmo modo que as leis de alternância do dia e da noite não podem ser mudadas, nem as leis que regulam o firmamento e a Terra. 26Nunca mais abandonarei os judeus, nem David, o meu servo, nem modificarei o plano do seu filho vir um dia a governar estes descendentes de Abraão, Isaque e Jacob. Hei de certamente restaurar a sua prosperidade e terei misericórdia desse povo.”