Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sub-Part B. YHWH Promises The Restoration Of The Davidic Monarchy And The Levitical Priesthood (Jeremiah 33:1).

The passage commences with, ‘Moreover the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah the second time --', as it had the first (Jeremiah 32:1). Despite the fact of the devastation that is shortly to come on besieged Jerusalem, YHWH promises to Jeremiah that one day He will restore His people, settle them securely in the land, and will restore the Davidic kingship and the Levitical priesthood in accordance with His covenants made with them (Jeremiah 33:1).

The initial promise to show these things to Jeremiah suggests that in his prison in the court of the guard, with news coming to him of the city's sufferings under the siege, he was struggling in his soul concerning the situation, and trying to come to terms with what was involved in all that YHWH had said. YHWH thus comes to give certainty to His loyal servant, the certainty that he seeks.

The passage is divided up by divisional markers:

· The first part is divided up by ‘Thus says YHWH --.' Jeremiah 33:2; Jeremiah 33:10; Jeremiah 33:12.

· The second part commences with ‘Behold the days are coming --' (Jeremiah 33:14, compare Jeremiah 31:27; Jeremiah 31:31; Jeremiah 31:38), and is then divided up by ‘in those days' (Jeremiah 33:15), ‘and thus says YHWH' (Jeremiah 33:16), ‘and the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah saying, -- thus says YHWH' (Jeremiah 33:19 a; Jeremiah 23:25 a).