{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_jps_jer033_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_jps_jer033_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_jps_jer033_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/jps/jer033.htm","summary":"This is a prophetic oracle from the Hebrew Bible \u2014 Jeremiah chapter 33, part of the collection known as the \"Book of Consolation\" within the prophetic tradition of ancient Israel. The passage was received while Jeremiah was imprisoned in Jerusalem during the Babylonian siege, and it pivots sharply from the surrounding context of national catastrophe to promises of divine restoration. God declares that the destroyed city and its houses will be healed, its exiles returned, and its sins forgiven, such that Jerusalem will become a source of joy and praise before all nations. A particularly prominent claim is the unconditional perpetuation of the Davidic royal line and the Levitical priesthood \u2014 God compares the permanence of these covenants to the unbreakable regularity of day and night and the uncountable stars and grains of sand. The passage directly counters a despairing belief circulating among the people that God had permanently abandoned both of His chosen dynasties, insisting instead that such abandonment would be as impossible as dismantling the created order. This makes the text a foundational source for Jewish messianic hope centered on a Davidic \"shoot of righteousness\" who will execute justice \u2014 a passage later read by Christian interpreters as prefiguring Jesus.","tags":["Book of Chronicles","Hebrew Bible Translation","Jewish Publication Society Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Jewish Publication Society Bible: Jeremiah 33","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":880}