Jeremiah 33 is the thirty-third chapter of the

Book of Jeremiah The Book of Jeremiah ( he, ספר יִרְמְיָהוּ) is the second of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, and the second of the Prophets in the Christian Old Testament. The superscription at chapter Jeremiah 1:1–3 identifies the boo ...

in the

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or the

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of the

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. It is numbered as Jeremiah 40 in the

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. This book contains prophecies attributed to the

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Jeremiah Jeremiah, Modern: , Tiberian: ; el, Ἰερεμίας, Ieremíās; meaning " Yah shall raise" (c. 650 – c. 570 BC), also called Jeremias or the "weeping prophet", was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish ...

, and is one of the

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Text

The original text of this chapter, as with the rest of the

, was written in

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. Since the division of the Bible into chapters and verses in the late medieval period, this chapter is divided into 26 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in

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are of the

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tradition, which includes the

Codex Cairensis The Codex Cairensis (also: ''Codex Prophetarum Cairensis'', ''Cairo Codex of the Prophets'') is a Hebrew manuscript containing the complete text of the Hebrew Bible's Nevi'im (Prophets). It has traditionally been described as "the oldest dated He ...

(895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916),

Aleppo Codex The Aleppo Codex ( he, כֶּתֶר אֲרָם צוֹבָא, romanized: , lit. 'Crown of Aleppo') is a medieval bound manuscript of the Hebrew Bible. The codex was written in the city of Tiberias in the tenth century CE (circa 920) under the ...

(10th century),

Codex Leningradensis The Leningrad Codex ( la, Codex Leningradensis [Leningrad Book]; he, כתב יד לנינגרד) is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, using the Masoretic Text and Tiberian vocalization. According to its colopho ...

(1008). Some fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the

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, i.e., 4QJer^c (4Q72; 1st century BC), with extant verses 16-20 (similar to Masoretic Text), and 4Q252 with the extant verse 17. There is also a translation into

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known as the

(with a different chapter and verse numbering), made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the

version include

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(B;

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^B; 4th century),

Codex Sinaiticus The Codex Sinaiticus (Shelfmark: London, British Library, Add MS 43725), designated by siglum [Aleph] or 01 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 2 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts) ...

(S; BHK:

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^S; 4th century),

Codex Alexandrinus The Codex Alexandrinus (London, British Library, Royal MS 1. D. V-VIII), designated by the siglum A or 02 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 4 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a manu ...

(A;

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^A; 5th century) and

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(Q;

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^Q; 6th century). The Septuagint version doesn't contain a part what is generally known to be verses 14–26 in Christian Bibles.

Verse numbering

The order of chapters and verses of the Book of Jeremiah in the English Bibles, Masoretic Text (Hebrew), and

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(Latin), in some places differs from that in

(LXX, the Greek Bible used in the

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and others) according to Rahlfs or Brenton. The following table is taken with minor adjustments from ''Brenton's Septuagint'', page 971. The order of Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint/Scriptural Study (CATSS) based on '' Alfred Rahlfs' Septuaginta'' (1935), differs in some details from Joseph Ziegler's critical edition (1957) in ''Göttingen LXX''. ''Swete's Introduction'' mostly agrees with Rahlfs' edition (=CATSS).

Parashot

The ''

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'' sections listed here are based on the

. Jeremiah 33 is a part of the "''Twelfth prophecy (

Jeremiah 32 Jeremiah 32 is the thirty-second chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It is numbered as Jeremiah 39 in the Septuagint. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah ...

-33)''" in the "Consolations (Jeremiah 30-33)" section of ''Prophecies interwoven with narratives about the prophet's life (

Jeremiah 26 Jeremiah 26 is the twenty-sixth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.Halley, Henry H. ''Halley's Bible Handbook'': An Abbreviated Bible Commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing ...

-45)''. : open ''parashah''; : closed ''parashah''. : 33:1-3 33:4-9 33:10-11 33:12-13 33:14-16 33:17-18 33:19-22 33:23-24 33:25-26

Structure

The New King James Version divides this chapter into the following sections: * = Excellence of the Restored Nation * = The Permanence of God's Covenant

Cross references

*: *: * Jeremiah 33:16: Jeremiah 23:5, 6

The LORD promises peace (33:1–13)

Verse 1

:''Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, saying'' The year was 588 BCE.

Verse 2

:''Thus says the Lord who made it, the Lord who formed it to establish it (the Lord is His name):'' The Revised Standard Version and other translations explain 'it' as 'the earth', following the Septuagint. Reformation theologian

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argued that 'it' refers to

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

as this verse acts as a

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to verses 4 and 5. The Latin

's text has the future tense: :''Haec dicit Dominus, qui facturus est, et formaturus illud, et paraturus: Dominus nomen ejus:'' English translation: :''Thus saith the Lord, who will do, and will form it, and prepare it, the Lord is his name''.

Verse 3

: he Lord said:''‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’'' *"Mighty": translated from the Hebrew passive participle or adjective which is normally used to describe cities or walls as "fortified" or "inaccessible"; used here metaphorically as "secret" or “mysterious” things, that Jeremiah could not know apart from the Lord’s revelation.

The LORD'S eternal covenant with David (33:14–26)

Verse 15

:''In those days and at that time'' :''I will cause to grow up to David'' :''A Branch of righteousness;'' :''He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.'' * "Branch": translated from ( he, צֶ֫מַח, ); cf. Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 11:1; Jeremiah 23:5; Isaiah 53:2; Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12 * "Branch of righteousness": refers to "a messianic king of Davidic lineage who would rule according to the divine ideal."

Verse 16

:''In those days Judah will be saved,'' :''And Jerusalem will dwell safely.'' :''And this is the name by which she will be called:'' ::''THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.'' * "THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS" (Hebrew: , '' ''): the new name of Jerusalem () is the king's name in Jeremiah 23:6.

Verse 24

:''“Have you not noticed that these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two kingdoms he chose’? So they despise my people and no longer regard them as a nation." The "two kingdoms" or families (Septuagint: , ''duo suggeneias'') are generally thought to be Israel the northern kingdom, and Judah the southern kingdom, although in

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he suggests that the reference is "probably othe tribes of Juda and

Benjamin Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...

", rather than to Israel and Judah or to

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and David or Jacob and David, the other possible combinations of families which he considered possible based on the surrounding text.Knox, R. (1949)
Knox Bible: Jeremiah 33
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