Jeremias 33

ARC · Chapter 33/52

1E veiu a palavra do Senhor a Jeremias, segunda vez, estando elle ainda encerrado no pateo da guarda, dizendo:

2Assim diz o Senhor que o faz, o Senhor que forma isto, para o confirmar; o Senhor é o seu nome.

3Clama a mim, e responder-te-hei, e annunciar-te-hei coisas grandes e firmes que não sabes.

4Porque assim diz o Senhor, o Deus de Israel, das casas d'esta cidade, e das casas dos reis de Judah, que foram derribadas com os trabucos e á espada.

5Bem entraram a pelejar contra os chaldeos, mas isso é para os encher de cadaveres de homens, que feri na minha ira e no meu furor: porquanto escondi o meu rosto d'esta cidade, por causa de toda a sua maldade.

6Eis que eu farei subir sobre ella saude e cura, e os sararei; e lhes manifestarei abundancia de paz e de verdade.

7E tornarei o captiveiro de Judah e o captiveiro de Israel, e os edificarei como ao principio.

8E os purificarei de toda a sua maldade com que peccaram contra mim: e perdoarei todas as suas maldades, com que peccaram contra mim, e com que transgrediram contra mim.

9E servir-me-ha de nome de alegria, de louvor, e de ornamento, entre todas as nações da terra, que ouvirem todo o bem que eu lhes faço; e espantar-se-hão e perturbar-se-hão por causa de todo o bem, e por causa de toda a paz que eu lhes dou.

10Assim diz o Senhor: N'este logar (de que vós dizeis que está deserto, e não ha n'elle nem homem nem animal) nas cidades de Judah, e nas ruas de Jerusalem, que tão assoladas estão, que não ha n'ellas nem homem, nem morador, nem animal, ainda se ouvirá.

11A voz de gozo, e a voz d'alegria, a voz de noivo e a voz de esposa, e a voz dos que dizem: Louvae ao Senhor dos Exercitos, porque bom é o Senhor, porque a sua benignidade dura perpetuamente; como tambem dos que trazem louvor á casa do Senhor; porque tornarei o captiveiro da terra como ao principio, diz o Senhor.

12Assim diz o Senhor dos Exercitos: Ainda n'este logar, que está tão deserto, que não ha n'elle nem homem, nem ainda animal, e em todas as suas cidades, haverá uma morada de pastores, que façam repousar o gado

13Nas cidades das montanhas, nas cidades das planicies, e nas cidades do sul, e na terra de Benjamin, e nos contornos de Jerusalem, e nas cidades de Judah, ainda passará o gado pelas mãos dos contadores, diz o Senhor.

14Eis que veem dias, diz o Senhor, em que cumprirei a palavra boa que fallei á casa de Israel e sob a casa de Judah.

15N'aquelles dias e n'aquelle tempo farei brotar a David um Renovo de justiça, e fará juizo e justiça na terra.

16N'aquelles dias Judah será salvo e Jerusalem habitará seguramente: e este é o nome que lhe chamarão a elle, o Senhor justiça nossa.

17Porque assim diz o Senhor: Nunca faltará a David varão que se assente sobre o throno da casa de Israel;

18Nem aos sacerdotes leviticos faltará varão de diante de mim, que offereça holocausto, e queime offerta de manjares, e faça sacrificio todos os dias.

19E veiu a palavra do Senhor a Jeremias, dizendo:

20Assim diz o Senhor: Se poderdes invalidar o meu concerto do dia, e o meu concerto da noite, de tal modo que não haja dia e noite a seu tempo,

21Tambem se poderá invalidar o meu concerto com David, meu servo, para que não tenha filho que reine no seu throno; como tambem com os levitas sacerdotes, meus ministros.

22Como não se pode contar o exercito dos céus, nem medir-se a areia do mar, assim multiplicarei a semente de David, meu servo, e os levitas que ministram diante de mim.

23E veiu ainda a palavra do Senhor a Jeremias, dizendo:

24Porventura não tens visto o que este povo falla, dizendo: As duas gerações, as quaes o Senhor elegeu, agora as rejeitou? e desprezam o meu povo, como se não fôra mais um povo diante d'elles.

25Assim diz o Senhor: Se o meu concerto do dia e da noite não fôr, e eu não pozer as ordenanças dos céus e da terra,

26Tambem rejeitarei a semente de Jacob, e de David, meu servo, para que não tome da sua semente os que dominem sobre a semente de Abrahão, Isaac, e Jacob; porque tornarei o seu captiveiro, e apiedar-me-hei d'elles.

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Summary

God promises healing and restoration for Jerusalem, reaffirming the eternal covenant with David's line and with the Levitical priests, comparing this faithfulness to the regularity of day and night.

Explanation

The central promise of this chapter is the continuity of the Davidic line and the priesthood, even amid the complete political collapse of the kingdom. The comparison with the 'covenant of day and night' is powerful: just as no one can alter the natural cycle of day and night, God declares that his promise to David is equally unbreakable, even though it may seem suspended for a time during the exile. The repetition of the messianic title 'The LORD Our Righteousness' (already seen in chapter 23) reinforces the hope of an ideal ruler who would perfectly fulfill what human kings had failed to do.

Fun facts

  • The promise that David's line 'shall never lack' (v.17) is understood by Christian tradition as definitively fulfilled in Jesus, a descendant of David according to the gospels of Matthew and Luke.
  • The comparison with the cycle of day and night as proof of divine faithfulness is an image repeated also in Genesis 8:22, after the flood, linking promises of cosmic stability to promises of covenant.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Jeremias 33:1A second message while Jeremiah was still imprisoned in the court of the guard — a direct continuation of the field-purchase episode from the previous chapter.
  2. Jeremias 33:2God presents Himself by His own name as the one who fulfills what He promises — a guarantee of authority before making even greater promises of restoration.
  3. Jeremias 33:3“Call unto me” is said to Jeremiah while he is still imprisoned in the court of the guard, during the final siege of Jerusalem. The invitation to prayer is born out of the worst possible moment, not a calm situation.
  4. Jeremias 33:4It refers to the houses in Jerusalem already knocked down by the Babylonian siege ramps during the fighting — the destruction described is not future, it was already underway.
  5. Jeremias 33:5It explains bluntly why armed resistance against the Chaldeans only makes things worse: the bodies of those who die fighting add to the anger God has already decreed against the city.
  6. Jeremias 33:6After the harsh diagnosis comes the remedy: a promise of health, healing, and lasting peace for the city, a direct contrast with the incurable wound described in chapter 30.
  7. Jeremias 33:7It promises to restore the captivity of both Judah and Israel (the former northern kingdom) — rebuilding both as they were before the division and the destruction.
  8. Jeremias 33:8The restoration includes purification and full forgiveness of the sins that caused the disaster — it is not just physical rebuilding, it is complete reconciliation.
  9. Jeremias 33:9Jerusalem’s recovery will become a source of astonishment among the neighboring nations, who will see the good done to the city, a contrast with the scorn it suffered before.
  10. Jeremias 33:10A deliberate contrast: in the place described as an empty wasteland, without people or animals, the sound of normal life will be heard again.
  11. Jeremias 33:11It details the sounds of life resuming: wedding celebrations, praise in the temple — scenes that had disappeared during the siege and the exile.
  12. Jeremias 33:12Even simple pastoral life — flocks resting in the fields — will return to this place that seemed condemned to stay empty forever.
  13. Jeremias 33:13It details specific regions of Judah — the hill country, the lowlands, the south, Benjamin, the area around Jerusalem — where normal pastoral life will resume.
  14. Jeremias 33:14It repeats the sure-promise formula: “the days come” is the horizon of hope that appears many times in the book for the time after the exile.
  15. Jeremias 33:15The “Branch” is the image of a shoot growing from a felled trunk — applied to David’s line, promising a righteous ruler who would restore the dynasty even after it seemed destroyed.
  16. Jeremias 33:16The name given to the restored city, “The Lord our righteousness,” is almost identical to the one used for the Branch in chapter 23 — Jerusalem comes to carry the same character as the righteous ruler that was promised.
  17. Jeremias 33:17A promise that David’s line will continue on the throne, even after Zedekiah’s fall — the dynasty would not actually be finished, despite appearances.
  18. Jeremias 33:18Alongside David’s throne, it promises that the Levite priests will never be lacking for the temple’s service either — the two central institutions of Judah, political and religious, guaranteed together.
  19. Jeremias 33:19A transition formula: a new word comes to Jeremiah reinforcing the same promise with another argument.
  20. Jeremias 33:20Comparing the promise to David to the cycle of day and night is an argument that this covenant is as fixed as the laws of nature. Even with the throne empty at the moment, because of Coniah’s fall, the guarantee of the line remains as certain as the sun rising.
  21. Jeremias 33:21It uses the same logic as the previous verse: just as no one can undo the day-night cycle, no one can undo the promise of David’s line on the throne and the Levites in the priesthood.
  22. Jeremias 33:22It compares the future descendants of David and the Levites to the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore — the same promise of multiplication made to Abraham (Genesis 22:17), now applied to the monarchy and the priesthood.
  23. Jeremias 33:23A transition formula to yet another word from God to Jeremiah, answering a specific doubt the people were spreading.
  24. Jeremias 33:24It quotes the doubt circulating among the people: that God had rejected both Israel and Judah for good (“the two families”), treating them as if they were no longer a nation at all.
  25. Jeremias 33:25God repeats the argument of His covenant with day and night — the fixed laws of nature — as an unbreakable guarantee that the promise to the descendants of Jacob and David still stands.
  26. Jeremias 33:26It closes the chapter denying the doubt raised in verse 24: the line of Jacob and David will not be rejected, and the captivity will be reversed with compassion — the direct answer to the people’s fear.

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