1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying:
2 Thus says the Lord, the Maker of the earth, the Lord who formed it to establish it; the Lord is His name:
3 Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things which you do not know.
4 For thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down to make a defense against the siege mounds and against the sword:
5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My fury, all for whose wickedness I have hidden My face from this city.
6 I will bring it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
7 I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and will build them as at the first.