Jeremiah 33:8 (LSB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.’

Jeremiah 33:10 “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Yet again there will be heard in this place, of which you say, “It is a waste, without man and without beast,” that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "iniquities", "cleanse", "iniquity", "sinned", "against", and "pardon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "iniquities" and "cleanse", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "I will return the fortunes of Judah..." into verse 9's "And it will be to Me a...", so "iniquities" and "cleanse" 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 "iniquities" and "cleanse" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.