Jeremiah 33:5

3 Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

4 For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword:

The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.

6 Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

7 I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.
KJV
They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
WEB
‘While men come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have killed in my anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hidden my face from this city,
ASV
while [men] come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city:
DARBY
They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but to fill them with the dead bodies of the men whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
BLB
They are coming in to fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the carcasses of the men whom I will slay in My anger and in My fury, and for whom I have hidden My face from this city and over all their evil.
ÅB
De kommer for å stride mot kaldeerne; men det blir bare til å fylle husene med døde kropper av de menn som jeg slår i min vrede og harme, og som ved sin store ondskap har voldt at jeg har skjult mitt åsyn for denne by.
OTB
‘Mens de kommer for å kjempe mot babylonerne, vil de fylle husene med likene av dem Jeg har slått i Min vrede og harme. Jeg har skjult Mitt ansikt for denne byen på grunn av all dens ondskap.
B1930
De kommer for å stride mot kaldeerne; men det blir bare til å fylle husene med døde kropper av de menn som jeg slår i min vrede og harme, og som ved sin store ondskap har voldt at jeg har skjult mitt åsyn for denne by.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 8:17

    I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

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  • Jeremiah 21:4–7

    this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.

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  • Jeremiah 21:10

    For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’

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  • Jeremiah 32:5

    He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”

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  • Micah 3:4

    Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

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  • Jeremiah 37:9–10

    This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!

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  • Isaiah 64:7

    No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:17

    On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’

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