33:1–26 Chapter 33 is the fourth and final portion of the so-called Book of Consolation. It is related to the previous chapter by mention of Jeremiah’s captivity (33:1), first mentioned in 32:2. It is the same period of captivity but the second time that God’s word came to him.

The chapter may be divided into two sections. The first half has to do with the restoration of the people at large (vv.1–13) and the second (vv.14–26) with the restoration of the leadership.

33:1–13 As mentioned in the previous paragraphs, Jeremiah was still a prisoner of Zedekiah in the courtyard of the guard (see 32:2) when this divine word came to him. Again (see 32:17), God introduces himself as the creator of the heavens and earth, a way in which he reminds the reader of his control over the creation and its affa…