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Verse	Translation	Text
Jer 33:2	Strong Concordance	Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] the maker [06213] thereof, the LORD [03068] that formed [03335] it, to establish [03559] it; the LORD [03068] is his name [08034];
	King James	Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
maker thereof--rather, "the doer of it," namely, that which Jeremiah is about to prophesy, the restoration of Israel, an act which is thought now impossible, but which the Almighty will effect. formed it--namely, Jerusalem (Jer 32:44) [CALVIN]. Rather, "that formed," that is, moulds His purpose into due shape for execution (Isa 37:26). Lord . . . his name-- (Exo 3:14-15).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

maker thereof--rather, "the doer of it," namely, that which Jeremiah is about to prophesy, the restoration of Israel, an act which is thought now impossible, but which the Almighty will effect.

formed it--namely, Jerusalem (Jer 32:44) [CALVIN]. Rather, "that formed," that is, moulds His purpose into due shape for execution (Isa 37:26).

Lord . . . his name-- (Exo 3:14-15).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Or, Thus saith Yahweh the doer of it, Yahweh who formeth it, that He may establish it, Yahweh is His name. The word "it" means whatsoever Yahweh wills.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Introduction. - Jer 33:2. "Thus saith Jahveh who makes it, Jahveh who forms it in order to establish it, Jahveh is His name: Jer 33:3. Call on me and I will answer thee, and tell thee great and hidden things which thou knowest not." The reference of the suffixes in עשׂהּ, אותהּ, and הכינהּ is evident from the contents of the propositions: the Lord does what He says, and forms what He wants to make, in order to accomplish it, i.e., He completes what He has spoken and determined on. יצר, to frame, namely, in the mind, as if to think out, just as in Jer 18:11 : the expression is parallel with חשׁב; in this sense also we find Isa 46:11. הכין, to establish, realize what has been determined on, prepare, is also found in Isa 9:6; Isa 40:20, but more frequently in Jeremiah (Jer 10:12; Jer 51:12, Jer 51:15), and pretty often in the Old Testament generally. On the phrase "Jahveh is His name," cf. Jer 31:35. The idea contained in Jer 33:2 reminds us of similar expressions of Isaiah, as in Isa 22:11; Isa 37:26; Isa 46:11, etc.; but this similarity offers no foundation for the doubts of Movers and Hitzig regarding the genuineness of this verse. The same holds as regards Jer 33:3. The first proposition occurs frequently in the Psalms, e.g., Jer 4:4; Jer 28:1; Jer 30:9, also in Jer 7:27; Jer 11:14; but קתא with אל is unusual in Isaiah. The words בּצרות לא are certainly an imitation of נצרות ולא ידעתּם, Isa 48:6; but they are modified, in the manner peculiar to Jeremiah, by the change of נצרות into בצרות. The combination גּדלות וּבצרות noit is elsewhere used only of the strong cities of the Canaanites, Deu 1:28; Deu 9:1; Jos 14:12, cf. Num 13:28; here בּצרות is transferred to things which lie beyond the limits of human power to discover, and become known to men only through divine revelation. There is no good reason for Ewald's change of בצרות in accordance with Isa 48:6. - On the contents of these verses Hengstenberg remarks: "It may seem strange that, though in the opening part the prophet is promised a revelation of greater, unknown things, for which he is to call on God, yet the succeeding announcement contains scarcely anything remarkable or peculiar." Graf also adds the remark of Hitzig, that the command to pray, addressed to Jeremiah, cannot have the effect of keeping us from the conclusion that the verses are an addition by a later hand. Ngelsbach replies that the mode of expression presents nothing specially unlike Jeremiah, and that what is most calculated to give the impression of being unlike Jeremiah's, namely, this introduction in itself, and especially the peculiar turn of Jer 33:3, "Call unto me," etc., is occasioned by the prayer of the prophet, Jer 32:16-25. To this prayer the prophet had received an answer, Jer 32:36-44; but he is here admonished to approach the Lord more frequently with such a request. The God who has the power to execute as well as make decrees is quite prepared to give him an insight into His great thoughts regarding the future; and of this a proof is at once given. Thus, Jer 33:1-3 must be viewed as the connecting link between Jer 32; 33. Yet these remarks are not sufficient to silence the objections set forth against the genuineness of Jer 33:2, Jer 33:3; for the specializing title of our chapter, in Jer 33:1, is opposed to the close connection which Ngelsbach maintains between Jer 32; 33. The fact that, in Jer 32, Jeremiah addresses the Lord in prayer for further revelation regarding the purchase of the field, as commanded, and that he receives the information he desired regarding it, gives no occasion for warning to the prophet, to betake himself more frequently to God for disclosures regarding His purposes of salvation. And Ngelsbach has quite evaded the objection that Jeremiah does not obey the injunction. Moreover, the succeeding revelation made in vv. 4-26 is not of the nature of a "proof," for it does not contain a single great leading feature in God's purposes as regards the future. - Hengstenberg also points out the difficulty, "that the Scripture everywhere refuses to recognise a dead knowledge as true knowledge, and that the hope of restoration has an obstacle in the natural man, who strives to obscure and to extinguish it; that, consequently, the promise of restoration is always new, and the word of God always great and grand;" but what he adduces for the solution of the difficulty contained in the command, "Call on me, and I will show thee great and unknown things," is insufficient for his purpose. The objection which expositors have taken to these verses has arisen from an improper application of them; the words קרא אלי have been understood as referring to the request that God should give some revelation regarding the future, or His purposes of deliverance, and ענה as referring to the communication of His purposes for increasing our knowledge of them. But "to call on God" rather signifies to pray to God, i.e., to beseech Him for protection, or help, or deliverance in time of need, cf. Psa 3:5; Psa 28:1; Psa 30:9; Psa 55:17, etc.; and to "answer" is the reply of God made when He actually vouchsafes the aid sought for; cf. e.g., Psa 55:17, "I call on God, and Jahveh answers me (saves me);" Psa 4:2, Psa 4:4; Psa 18:7; Psa 27:7, etc. Consequently, also, "to make known" (הגּיד) is no mere communication of knowledge regarding great and unknown things, no mere letting them be known, but a making known by deeds. The words עשׂהּ and יוצר אותהּ, ascribed to the Lord, suggest and require that the words should be thus understood. With the incorrect reference of these words to knowing and making known there is connected the further error, that the command, "Call unto me," is directed to the person of the prophet, and gives an admonition for his behaviour towards God, for which the text affords on foundation whatever; for it does not run: "Thus saith Jahveh to me" (אלי), and the insertion of this אלי is unwarranted, and inconsistent with the use of כּי which introduces the announcement. Hitzig, Graf, and others have passed by this כּי without remark; and what Ngelsbach says about it is connected with his view, already refuted, as to the essential unity of Jer 32; 33. Lastly, Ewald has enclosed Jer 33:3 within parentheses, and considers that the introductory formula of Jer 33:2 is resumed in Jer 33:4 : "Yea, thus saith Jahveh." This is a conclusion hastily formed by one who is in difficulty, for Jer 33:3 has not the nature of a parenthesis. If we allow the arbitrary addition "to me" after the words, "Thus saith the Lord," Jer 33:2, and if we take the words in their simplest sense - the invocation of the Lord as a call to God for help in need - then Jer 33:2, Jer 33:3 do not contain a mere prelude to the revelation which follows, but an exhortation to the people to betake themselves to the Lord their God in their calamity, when He will make known to them things unattainable by human discernment; for (כּי, Jer 33:4) He announces, in reference to the ruined houses of the city, that He will repair their injuries.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Introduction. - Jer 33:2. "Thus saith Jahveh who makes it, Jahveh who forms it in order to establish it, Jahveh is His name: Jer 33:3. Call on me and I will answer thee, and tell thee great and hidden things which thou knowest not." The reference of the suffixes in עשׂהּ, אותהּ, and הכינהּ is evident from the contents of the propositions: the Lord does what He says, and forms what He wants to make, in order to accomplish it, i.e., He completes what He has spoken and determined on. יצר, to frame, namely, in the mind, as if to think out, just as in Jer 18:11 : the expression is parallel with חשׁב; in this sense also we find Isa 46:11. הכין, to establish, realize what has been determined on, prepare, is also found in Isa 9:6; Isa 40:20, but more frequently in Jeremiah (Jer 10:12; Jer 51:12, Jer 51:15), and pretty often in the Old Testament generally. On the phrase "Jahveh is His name," cf. Jer 31:35. The idea contained in Jer 33:2 reminds us of similar expressions of Isaiah, as in Isa 22:11; Isa 37:26; Isa 46:11, etc.; but this similarity offers no foundation for the doubts of Movers and Hitzig regarding the genuineness of this verse. The same holds as regards Jer 33:3. The first proposition occurs frequently in the Psalms, e.g., Jer 4:4; Jer 28:1; Jer 30:9, also in Jer 7:27; Jer 11:14; but קתא with אל is unusual in Isaiah. The words בּצרות לא are certainly an imitation of נצרות ולא ידעתּם, Isa 48:6; but they are modified, in the manner peculiar to Jeremiah, by the change of נצרות into בצרות. The combination גּדלות וּבצרות noit is elsewhere used only of the strong cities of the Canaanites, Deu 1:28; Deu 9:1; Jos 14:12, cf. Num 13:28; here בּצרות is transferred to things which lie beyond the limits of human power to discover, and become known to men only through divine revelation. There is no good reason for Ewald's change of בצרות in accordance with Isa 48:6. - On the contents of these verses Hengstenberg remarks: "It may seem strange that, though in the opening part the prophet is promised a revelation of greater, unknown things, for which he is to call on God, yet the succeeding announcement contains scarcely anything remarkable or peculiar." Graf also adds the remark of Hitzig, that the command to pray, addressed to Jeremiah, cannot have the effect of keeping us from the conclusion that the verses are an addition by a later hand. Ngelsbach replies that the mode of expression presents nothing specially unlike Jeremiah, and that what is most calculated to give the impression of being unlike Jeremiah's, namely, this introduction in itself, and especially the peculiar turn of Jer 33:3, "Call unto me," etc., is occasioned by the prayer of the prophet, Jer 32:16-25. To this prayer the prophet had received an answer, Jer 32:36-44; but he is here admonished to approach the Lord more frequently with such a request. The God who has the power to execute as well as make decrees is quite prepared to give him an insight into His great thoughts regarding the future; and of this a proof is at once given. Thus, Jer 33:1-3 must be viewed as the connecting link between Jer 32; 33.

Yet these remarks are not sufficient to silence the objections set forth against the genuineness of Jer 33:2, Jer 33:3; for the specializing title of our chapter, in Jer 33:1, is opposed to the close connection which Ngelsbach maintains between Jer 32; 33. The fact that, in Jer 32, Jeremiah addresses the Lord in prayer for further revelation regarding the purchase of the field, as commanded, and that he receives the information he desired regarding it, gives no occasion for warning to the prophet, to betake himself more frequently to God for disclosures regarding His purposes of salvation. And Ngelsbach has quite evaded the objection that Jeremiah does not obey the injunction. Moreover, the succeeding revelation made in vv. 4-26 is not of the nature of a "proof," for it does not contain a single great leading feature in God's purposes as regards the future. - Hengstenberg also points out the difficulty, "that the Scripture everywhere refuses to recognise a dead knowledge as true knowledge, and that the hope of restoration has an obstacle in the natural man, who strives to obscure and to extinguish it; that, consequently, the promise of restoration is always new, and the word of God always great and grand;" but what he adduces for the solution of the difficulty contained in the command, "Call on me, and I will show thee great and unknown things," is insufficient for his purpose. The objection which expositors have taken to these verses has arisen from an improper application of them; the words קרא אלי have been understood as referring to the request that God should give some revelation regarding the future, or His purposes of deliverance, and ענה as referring to the communication of His purposes for increasing our knowledge of them. But "to call on God" rather signifies to pray to God, i.e., to beseech Him for protection, or help, or deliverance in time of need, cf. Psa 3:5; Psa 28:1; Psa 30:9; Psa 55:17, etc.; and to "answer" is the reply of God made when He actually vouchsafes the aid sought for; cf. e.g., Psa 55:17, "I call on God, and Jahveh answers me (saves me);" Psa 4:2, Psa 4:4; Psa 18:7; Psa 27:7, etc. Consequently, also, "to make known" (הגּיד) is no mere communication of knowledge regarding great and unknown things, no mere letting them be known, but a making known by deeds. The words עשׂהּ and יוצר אותהּ, ascribed to the Lord, suggest and require that the words should be thus understood. With the incorrect reference of these words to knowing and making known there is connected the further error, that the command, "Call unto me," is directed to the person of the prophet, and gives an admonition for his behaviour towards God, for which the text affords on foundation whatever; for it does not run: "Thus saith Jahveh to me" (אלי), and the insertion of this אלי is unwarranted, and inconsistent with the use of כּי which introduces the announcement. Hitzig, Graf, and others have passed by this כּי without remark; and what Ngelsbach says about it is connected with his view, already refuted, as to the essential unity of Jer 32; 33. Lastly, Ewald has enclosed Jer 33:3 within parentheses, and considers that the introductory formula of Jer 33:2 is resumed in Jer 33:4 : "Yea, thus saith Jahveh." This is a conclusion hastily formed by one who is in difficulty, for Jer 33:3 has not the nature of a parenthesis. If we allow the arbitrary addition "to me" after the words, "Thus saith the Lord," Jer 33:2, and if we take the words in their simplest sense - the invocation of the Lord as a call to God for help in need - then Jer 33:2, Jer 33:3 do not contain a mere prelude to the revelation which follows, but an exhortation to the people to betake themselves to the Lord their God in their calamity, when He will make known to them things unattainable by human discernment; for (כּי, Jer 33:4) He announces, in reference to the ruined houses of the city, that He will repair their injuries.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The Lord - The maker thereof, of Jerusalem, or of these promises, his name is Jehovah; he hath a sufficiency in himself to make good his word.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Thus saith the Lord the Maker thereof - עשה osah, the doer of it. That is, he who is to perform that which he is now about to promise. Thus translated by Dahler. - Voici ce que dit l'Eternel, qui fait ce qu'il a dit. - "Thus saith the Lord, who doth that which he hath said." The word Jehovah, not Lord, should be used in all such places as this.

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¹⁴ And God [0430] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], I AM [01961] THAT I AM [01961]: and he said [0559], Thus shalt thou say [0559] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], I AM hath sent [07971] me unto you.
¹⁵ And God [0430] said [0559] moreover [05750] unto Moses [04872], Thus shalt thou say [0559] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], The LORD [03068] God [0430] of your fathers [01], the God [0430] of Abraham [085], the God [0430] of Isaac [03327], and the God [0430] of Jacob [03290], hath sent [07971] me unto you: this is my name [08034] for ever [05769], and this is my memorial [02143] unto all [01755] generations [01755].

²⁶ Hast thou not heard [08085] long ago [07350], how I have done [06213] it; and of ancient [06924] times [03117], that I have formed [03335] it? now have I brought [0935] it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste [07582] defenced [01219] cities [05892] into ruinous [05327] heaps [01530].

⁴⁴ Men shall buy [07069] fields [07704] for money [03701], and subscribe [03789] evidences [05612], and seal [02856] them, and take [05749] witnesses [05707] in the land [0776] of Benjamin [01144], and in the places about [05439] Jerusalem [03389], and in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and in the cities [05892] of the mountains [02022], and in the cities [05892] of the valley [08219], and in the cities [05892] of the south [05045]: for I will cause their captivity [07622] to return [07725], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].

⁴ For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of Israel [03478], concerning the houses [01004] of this city [05892], and concerning the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], which are thrown down [05422] by the mounts [05550], and by the sword [02719];

³ Call [07121] unto me, and I will answer [06030] thee, and shew [05046] thee great [01419] and mighty things [01219], which thou knowest [03045] not.

² Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] the maker [06213] thereof, the LORD [03068] that formed [03335] it, to establish [03559] it; the LORD [03068] is his name [08034];

³ Call [07121] unto me, and I will answer [06030] thee, and shew [05046] thee great [01419] and mighty things [01219], which thou knowest [03045] not.

² Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] the maker [06213] thereof, the LORD [03068] that formed [03335] it, to establish [03559] it; the LORD [03068] is his name [08034];

³ Call [07121] unto me, and I will answer [06030] thee, and shew [05046] thee great [01419] and mighty things [01219], which thou knowest [03045] not.

⁷ Hear [08085], O LORD [03068], when I cry [07121] with my voice [06963]: have mercy [02603] also upon me, and answer [06030] me.

⁷ Then the earth [0776] shook [01607] and trembled [07493]; the foundations [04146] also of the hills [02022] moved [07264] and were shaken [01607], because he was wroth [02734].

⁴ Stand in awe [07264], and sin [02398] not: commune [0559] with your own heart [03824] upon your bed [04904], and be still [01826]. Selah [05542].

² O ye sons [01121] of men [0376], how long [05704] will ye turn my glory [03519] into shame [03639]? how long will ye love [0157] vanity [07385], and seek [01245] after leasing [03577]? Selah [05542].

¹⁷ Evening [06153], and morning [01242], and at noon [06672], will I pray [07878], and cry aloud [01993]: and he shall hear [08085] my voice [06963].

⁹ What profit [01215] is there in my blood [01818], when I go down [03381] to the pit [07845]? Shall the dust [06083] praise [03034] thee? shall it declare [05046] thy truth [0571]?

¹ A Psalm of David [01732]. Unto thee will I cry [07121], O LORD [03068] my rock [06697]; be not silent [02814] to me: lest, if thou be silent [02790] to me, I become [04911] like them that go down [03381] into the pit [0953].

⁵ I laid me down [07901] and slept [03462]; I awaked [06974]; for the LORD [03068] sustained [05564] me.

¹ Moreover the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto Jeremiah [03414] the second [08145] time, while he was yet shut up [06113] in the court [02691] of the prison [04307], saying [0559],

³ Call [07121] unto me, and I will answer [06030] thee, and shew [05046] thee great [01419] and mighty things [01219], which thou knowest [03045] not.

² Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] the maker [06213] thereof, the LORD [03068] that formed [03335] it, to establish [03559] it; the LORD [03068] is his name [08034];

¹ Moreover the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto Jeremiah [03414] the second [08145] time, while he was yet shut up [06113] in the court [02691] of the prison [04307], saying [0559],
² Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] the maker [06213] thereof, the LORD [03068] that formed [03335] it, to establish [03559] it; the LORD [03068] is his name [08034];
³ Call [07121] unto me, and I will answer [06030] thee, and shew [05046] thee great [01419] and mighty things [01219], which thou knowest [03045] not.

³⁶ And now therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of Israel [03478], concerning this city [05892], whereof ye say [0559], It shall be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] by the sword [02719], and by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698];
³⁷ Behold, I will gather them out [06908] of all countries [0776], whither I have driven [05080] them in mine anger [0639], and in my fury [02534], and in great [01419] wrath [07110]; and I will bring them again [07725] unto this place [04725], and I will cause them to dwell [03427] safely [0983]:
³⁸ And they shall be my people [05971], and I will be their God [0430]:
³⁹ And I will give [05414] them one [0259] heart [03820], and one [0259] way [01870], that they may fear [03372] me for ever [03117], for the good [02896] of them, and of their children [01121] after [0310] them:
⁴⁰ And I will make [03772] an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285] with them, that I will not turn away [07725] from them [0310], to do them good [03190]; but I will put [05414] my fear [03374] in their hearts [03824], that they shall not depart [05493] from me.
⁴¹ Yea, I will rejoice [07797] over them to do them good [02895], and I will plant [05193] them in this land [0776] assuredly [0571] with my whole heart [03820] and with my whole soul [05315].
⁴² For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Like as I have brought [0935] all this great [01419] evil [07451] upon this people [05971], so will I bring [0935] upon them all the good [02896] that I have promised [01696] them.
⁴³ And fields [07704] shall be bought [07069] in this land [0776], whereof ye say [0559], It is desolate [08077] without man [0120] or beast [0929]; it is given [05414] into the hand [03027] of the Chaldeans [03778].
⁴⁴ Men shall buy [07069] fields [07704] for money [03701], and subscribe [03789] evidences [05612], and seal [02856] them, and take [05749] witnesses [05707] in the land [0776] of Benjamin [01144], and in the places about [05439] Jerusalem [03389], and in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and in the cities [05892] of the mountains [02022], and in the cities [05892] of the valley [08219], and in the cities [05892] of the south [05045]: for I will cause their captivity [07622] to return [07725], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].

¹⁶ Now when [0310] I had delivered [05414] the evidence [05612] of the purchase [04736] unto Baruch [01263] the son [01121] of Neriah [05374], I prayed [06419] unto the LORD [03068], saying [0559],
¹⁷ Ah [0162] Lord [0136] GOD [03069]! behold, thou hast made [06213] the heaven [08064] and the earth [0776] by thy great [01419] power [03581] and stretched out [05186] arm [02220], and there is nothing [01697] too hard [06381] for thee:
¹⁸ Thou shewest [06213] lovingkindness [02617] unto thousands [0505], and recompensest [07999] the iniquity [05771] of the fathers [01] into the bosom [02436] of their children [01121] after [0310] them: the Great [01419], the Mighty [01368] God [0410], the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], is his name [08034],
¹⁹ Great [01419] in counsel [06098], and mighty [07227] in work [05950]: for thine eyes [05869] are open [06491] upon all the ways [01870] of the sons [01121] of men [0120]: to give [05414] every one [0376] according to his ways [01870], and according to the fruit [06529] of his doings [04611]:
²⁰ Which hast set [07760] signs [0226] and wonders [04159] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], even unto this day [03117], and in Israel [03478], and among other men [0120]; and hast made [06213] thee a name [08034], as at this day [03117];
²¹ And hast brought forth [03318] thy people [05971] Israel [03478] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] with signs [0226], and with wonders [04159], and with a strong [02389] hand [03027], and with a stretched out [05186] arm [0248], and with great [01419] terror [04172];
²² And hast given [05414] them this land [0776], which thou didst swear [07650] to their fathers [01] to give [05414] them, a land [0776] flowing [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706];
²³ And they came in [0935], and possessed [03423] it; but they obeyed [08085] not thy voice [06963], neither walked [01980] in thy law [08451]; they have done [06213] nothing of all that thou commandedst [06680] them to do [06213]: therefore thou hast caused all this evil [07451] to come [07122] upon them:
²⁴ Behold the mounts [05550], they are come [0935] unto the city [05892] to take [03920] it; and the city [05892] is given [05414] into the hand [03027] of the Chaldeans [03778], that fight [03898] against it, because [06440] of the sword [02719], and of the famine [07458], and of the pestilence [01698]: and what thou hast spoken [01696] is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest [07200] it.
²⁵ And thou hast said [0559] unto me, O Lord [0136] GOD [03069], Buy [07069] thee the field [07704] for money [03701], and take [05749] witnesses [05707]; for the city [05892] is given [05414] into the hand [03027] of the Chaldeans [03778].

³ Call [07121] unto me, and I will answer [06030] thee, and shew [05046] thee great [01419] and mighty things [01219], which thou knowest [03045] not.

⁶ Thou hast heard [08085], see [02372] all this; and will not ye declare [05046] it? I have shewed [08085] thee new things [02319] from this time [06258], even hidden things [05341], and thou didst not know [03045] them.

²⁸ Nevertheless [0657] the people [05971] be strong [05794] that dwell [03427] in the land [0776], and the cities [05892] are walled [01219], and very [03966] great [01419]: and moreover we saw [07200] the children [03211] of Anak [06061] there.

¹² Now therefore give [05414] me this mountain [02022], whereof the LORD [03068] spake [01696] in that day [03117]; for thou heardest [08085] in that day [03117] how the Anakims [06062] were there, and that the cities [05892] were great [01419] and fenced [01219]: if so be [0194] the LORD [03068] will be with [0854] me, then I shall be able to drive them out [03423], as the LORD [03068] said [01696].

¹ Hear [08085], O Israel [03478]: Thou art to pass over [05674] Jordan [03383] this day [03117], to go in [0935] to possess [03423] nations [01471] greater [01419] and mightier [06099] than thyself, cities [05892] great [01419] and fenced up [01219] to heaven [08064],

²⁸ Whither shall we go up [05927]? our brethren [0251] have discouraged [04549] our heart [03824], saying [0559], The people [05971] is greater [01419] and taller [07311] than we; the cities [05892] are great [01419] and walled up [01219] to heaven [08064]; and moreover we have seen [07200] the sons [01121] of the Anakims [06062] there.

¹⁴ Therefore pray [06419] not thou for this people [05971], neither lift up [05375] a cry [07440] or prayer [08605] for them: for I will not hear [08085] them in the time [06256] that they cry [07121] unto me for their trouble [07451].

²⁷ Therefore thou shalt speak [01696] all these words [01697] unto them; but they will not hearken [08085] to thee: thou shalt also call [07121] unto them; but they will not answer [06030] thee.

⁹ But they shall serve [05647] the LORD [03068] their God [0430], and David [01732] their king [04428], whom I will raise up [06965] unto them.

¹ And it came to pass the same year [08141], in the beginning [07225] of the reign [04467] of Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], in the fourth [07243] year [08141], and in the fifth [02549] month [02320], that Hananiah [02608] the son [01121] of Azur [05809] the prophet [05030], which was of Gibeon [01391], spake [0559] unto me in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], in the presence [05869] of the priests [03548] and of all the people [05971], saying [0559],

⁴ Circumcise [04135] yourselves to the LORD [03068], and take away [05493] the foreskins [06190] of your heart [03824], ye men [0376] of Judah [03063] and inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]: lest my fury [02534] come forth [03318] like fire [0784], and burn [01197] that none can quench [03518] it, because [06440] of the evil [07455] of your doings [04611].

³ Call [07121] unto me, and I will answer [06030] thee, and shew [05046] thee great [01419] and mighty things [01219], which thou knowest [03045] not.

¹¹ Calling [07121] a ravenous bird [05861] from the east [04217], the man [0376] that executeth my counsel [06098] from a far [04801] country [0776]: yea, I have spoken [01696] it, I will also bring [0935] it to pass; I have purposed [03335] it, I will also do [06213] it.

¹¹ Ye made [06213] also a ditch [04724] between the two walls [02346] for the water [04325] of the old [03465] pool [01295]: but ye have not looked [05027] unto the maker [06213] thereof, neither had respect [07200] unto him that fashioned [03335] it long ago [07350].

² Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] the maker [06213] thereof, the LORD [03068] that formed [03335] it, to establish [03559] it; the LORD [03068] is his name [08034];

³⁵ Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], which giveth [05414] the sun [08121] for a light [0216] by day [03119], and the ordinances [02708] of the moon [03394] and of the stars [03556] for a light [0216] by night [03915], which divideth [07280] the sea [03220] when the waves [01530] thereof roar [01993]; The LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] is his name [08034]:

¹⁵ He hath made [06213] the earth [0776] by his power [03581], he hath established [03559] the world [08398] by his wisdom [02451], and hath stretched out [05186] the heaven [08064] by his understanding [08394].

¹² Set up [05375] the standard [05251] upon the walls [02346] of Babylon [0894], make the watch [04929] strong [02388], set up [06965] the watchmen [08104], prepare [03559] the ambushes [0693]: for the LORD [03068] hath both devised [02161] and done [06213] that which he spake [01696] against the inhabitants [03427] of Babylon [0894].

¹² He hath made [06213] the earth [0776] by his power [03581], he hath established [03559] the world [08398] by his wisdom [02451], and hath stretched out [05186] the heavens [08064] by his discretion [08394].

²⁰ He that is so impoverished [05533] [05534] that he hath no oblation [08641] chooseth [0977] a tree [06086] that will not rot [07537]; he seeketh [01245] unto him a cunning [02450] workman [02796] to prepare [03559] a graven image [06459], that shall not be moved [04131].

⁶ For unto us a child [03206] is born [03205], unto us a son [01121] is given [05414]: and the government [04951] shall be upon his shoulder [07926]: and his name [08034] shall be called [07121] Wonderful [06382], Counsellor [03289], The mighty [01368] God [0410], The everlasting [05703] Father [01], The Prince [08269] of Peace [07965].

¹¹ Now therefore go to, speak [0559] to the men [0376] of Judah [03063], and to the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, I frame [03335] evil [07451] against you, and devise [02803] a device [04284] against you: return [07725] ye now every one [0376] from his evil [07451] way [01870], and make your ways [01870] and your doings [04611] good [03190].

³ Call [07121] unto me, and I will answer [06030] thee, and shew [05046] thee great [01419] and mighty things [01219], which thou knowest [03045] not.

² Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] the maker [06213] thereof, the LORD [03068] that formed [03335] it, to establish [03559] it; the LORD [03068] is his name [08034];