Jeremiah 33:4-6 For thus said the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; 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. Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
‘Concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah …’ The prophecies of Jeremiah 33:4-5 are fulfilled, having been fulfilled about 606 B.C. when Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, destroyed Judah and Jerusalem and took the kingdom of Israel into captivity. Jeremiah 33:6-18 speaks of the restoration of Israel from all nations in the latter days and the establishment of the eternal kingdom of the Messiah – all yet to be fulfilled.
‘Mounts’ The mounts were made of earth, rocks, and trees and were used to help men get into a walled city to attack it. If these could be built to the top of the wall there was no way to keep an invader out except to defeat him on the wall.
‘Fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury.’ This refers to the many dead bodies of men slain in all the houses of the city. The prophecy stated that all who would flee from the city would be spared, but those remaining in it to fight would be killed (21:9). The reason for such slaughter was the sins of the people.
‘I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.’ The restoration of Israel is a clear subject in Scripture (Acts 15:16-17; Rom. 11:25-29; Matt. 24:31; Mar. 13:27). Twenty-one predictions (verses 6-18) are unfulfilled.
End times: Prophetic Scriptures 