¹⁰The LORD says : “Yet again there will be heard in this place , about which you say, ‘It is waste , without man and without animal, even in the cities of Judah , and in the streets of Jerusalem , that are desolate , without man and without inhabitant and without animal,’

¹¹the voice of joy and the voice of gladness , the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride , the voice of those who say , ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Armies , for the LORD is good , for his loving kindness endures forever ;’ who bring thanksgiving into the LORD ’s house . For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed as at the first ,” says the LORD .

¹²The LORD of Armies says : “Yet again there will be in this place , which is waste , without man and without animal , and in all its cities , a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down .

¹³In the cities of the hill country , 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 will again pass under the hands of him who counts them ,” says the LORD .

¹⁴“Behold , the days come ,” says the LORD , “that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah .

¹⁵“In those days and at that time ,

I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David .

He will execute justice and righteousness in the land.

¹⁶In those days Judah will be saved ,

and Jerusalem will dwell safely.

This is the name by which she will be called :

The LORD our righteousness .”

¹⁷For the LORD says : “David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel .

¹⁸The Levitical priests won’t lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings , to burn meal offerings , and to do sacrifice continually .”

¹⁹The LORD ’s word came to Jeremiah , saying ,

²⁰“The LORD says : ‘If you can break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night , so that there will not be day and night in their time ,

²¹then my covenant could also be broken with David my servant , that he won’t have a son to reign on his throne ; and with the Levitical priests , my ministers .

²²As the army of the sky can ’t be counted , and the sand of the sea can ’t be measured , so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant and the Levites who minister to me .’”

²³The LORD ’s word came to Jeremiah , saying ,

²⁴“Don’t consider what this people has spoken , saying , ‘Has the LORD cast off the two families which he chose?’ Thus they despise my people , that they should be no more a nation before them .”

²⁵The LORD says : “If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth ,

²⁶then I will also cast away the offspring of Jacob , and of David my servant , so that I will not take of his offspring to be rulers over the offspring of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob ; for I will cause their captivity to be reversed and will have mercy on them .”