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| 1 Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying, |
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| 2 Thus saith Jehovah that doeth it, Jehovah that formeth it to establish it; Jehovah is his name: |
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| 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not. |
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| 4 For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down to make a defence against the mounds and against the sword; |
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| 5 while men come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city: |
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| 6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth. |
I will cure them – The Jews, and the whole world of mankind, in the Millennial age. A109
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| 7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. |
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| 8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and whereby they have transgressed against me. |
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| 9 And this city shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure unto it. |
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| 10 Thus saith Jehovah: Yet again there shall be heard in this place, whereof ye say, It is waste, without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast, |
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| 11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that say, Give thanks to Jehovah of hosts, for Jehovah is good, for his lovingkindness endureth for ever; and of them that bring a thank-offering into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, saith Jehovah. |
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| 12 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. |
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| 13 In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowlands, in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him that numbereth them, saith Jehovah. |
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| 14 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah. |
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| 15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. |
Unto David – The prophets foretold that Messiah was to be the Son of Jesse and David. R944:1
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| 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is the name whereby she shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness. |
This is the name – "I will write upon him my new name" (Rev. 3:12). The name of the Bridegroom is given to his Bride. R3970:5
Wherewith she – The glorified Church. T102; R4831:2
The LORD our righteousness – Jehovah Tsidkenu, our Righteousness of Jehovah; a wife shares her husband's honors and name; all femininity having been dropped. E42; T102; HG275:3; R3970:5, R238:2*
"That we might be made the righteousness of God through him." (2 Cor. 5:21) R4913:3
The antitypical Zion, the glorified Christ. R4913:3; HG606:3
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The name – All of 'The Christ' will bear the name of God.
She – The Church, the bride of Christ. She shall take His name.
Shall be called – Not now, in this life, but in the next - 'shall be called.'
The Righteousness of the LORD – Jehovah-Tsidkenu. This is the name the Church will bear. It is indeed the same name as her husband. See Jer. 23:6 |
| 17 For thus saith Jehovah: David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; |
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| 18 neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. |
Sacrifice continually – It is possible that in the beginning of the Millennial age God may restore some of the features of the Jewish Law, even sacrifices, to serve as object lessons. R1732:6
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| 19 And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, saying, |
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| 20 Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season; |
My covenant – A covenant is a ratified, unalterable agreement. R4370:2
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| 21 then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. |
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| 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. |
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| 23 And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying, |
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| 24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah did choose, he hath cast them off ? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. |
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| 25 Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night stand not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; |
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| 26 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them. |
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