Jeremiah 33:7 (LSB)

Passage

I will return the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel and will rebuild them as they were at first.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 33:5 ‘While they are coming to fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have struck down in My anger and in My wrath, and I have hidden My face from this city because of all their evil:

Jeremiah 33:6 Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.

Jeremiah 33:7 I will return the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel and will rebuild them as they were at first.

Jeremiah 33:8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me.

Jeremiah 33:9 And it will be to Me a name of joy, praise, and beauty before all the nations of the earth which will hear of all the good that I do for them, and they will be in dread and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.’

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "return", "fortunes", "judah", "israel", "rebuild", and "first". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "return" and "fortunes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Behold I will bring to it health..." into verse 8's "And I will cleanse them from all...", so "return" and "fortunes" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "return" and "fortunes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.