5 “I, the Lord, promise that a new time will certainly comewhen I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David.He will rule over them with wisdom and understandingand will do what is just and right in the land.
6 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safetyand Israel will live in security.This is the name he will go by:‘The Lord has provided us with justice.’
7 “So I, the Lord, say: ‘A new time will certainly come. People now affirm their oaths with “I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt.”
8 But at that time they will affirm them with “I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the descendants of the former nation of Israel from the land of the north and from all the other lands where he had banished them.” At that time they will live in their own land.’”
9 Here is what the Lord says concerning the false prophets:My heart and my mind are deeply disturbed.I tremble all over.I am like a drunk person,like a person who has had too much wine,because of the way the Lordand his holy word are being mistreated.
10 For the land is full of people unfaithful to him.They live wicked lives and they misuse their power.So the land is dried up because it is under his curse.The pastures in the wilderness are withered.
11 Moreover, the Lord says,“Both the prophets and priests are godless.I have even found them doing evil in my temple!