Positive announcements about a glorious future for city and people tumble over one another in this passage. Divine pardon, energetic praise songs, enterprising shepherds, established royal and priestly lines, and a united and permanent people—all are part of the kaleidoscope of future assurance. In content the chapter duplicates and slightly expands chapters 30–31. The promise of restoration extends to both city and country (33:1–13). When judgment has been completed, wholeness will be God’s gift. God’s general stance of goodwill contrasts with the wrath that precipitated the destruction.…