Jeremiah 33:2-5

Contemporary English Version

The Lord Promises To Give the Land Back to His People

33 ^1-2 I was still being held prisoner in the courtyard of the palace guards when the Lord told me:

I am the Lord, and I created the whole world.^{[a] 3} Ask me, and I will tell you things that you don't know and can't find out.

^4-5 Many of the houses in Jerusalem and some of the buildings at the royal palace have been torn down to be used in repairing the walls to keep out the Babylonian attackers.^[b] Now there are empty spaces where the buildings once stood. But I am furious, and these spaces will be filled with the bodies of the people I kill. The people of Jerusalem will cry out to me for help, but they are evil, and I will ignore their prayers.