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Then the Prophet, living in prison, sees another revelation; and God says to him: Jer.33:3. Cry out to Me and I will hear you, “and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you did not understand.” And having shown him the siege, he predicts liberation. Jer.33:6. Behold, I will bring healing and healing to him, and I will heal him.” “The healing of the ulcer” means complete healing. Then God reveals that the nations, seeing the return of the Jews, will glorify the Giver of freedom: and those who live kindly will marvel, and those who love wickedness will be grieved, seeing that the city is prosperous, and God's holidays are celebrated according to custom. Jer.33:15. In those days and at that time I will cause David to grow horn, righteous east: “and he will do justice and righteousness on the earth.” We have already said before that this was prophetically fulfilled under Zerubbabel, but the Master taught us exactly the truth of this prophecy. Jer.33:16. In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will be inhabited in “hope: and this is the name by which it will be called Lord,” our truth. God gave this name to Jerusalem and above, calling it with the Hebrew word: “Josedek” (Jer. 23:6). (Jer.33:17). For this is what the Lord says: “The man who sits on the throne will not fail from David for the house of Israel.” Patriarch Jacob also predicted this: “a prince from Judah will not fail, nor a leader from his bowels, until they come, the desire of the tongues” (Gen. 49:10). But although we do not know that after Zerubbabel there was any leader from the tribe of Judah; however, we find the truth of this prophecy; because the royal and priestly tribes came into confusion; The priests were in charge until the foreigner Herod. Therefore, the present prophecy connects with what was said about David the word: and about the priests. Jer.33:18. And from the priests and from the Levites the man shall not perish before My presence; he shall offer burnt offerings and gifts, and make sacrifices all the days. And we see the fulfillment of this prophecy. As soon as, according to God’s promise, the new covenant was given, the priesthood according to the order of Melchizedek was also given, and those who were worthy of this priesthood continually offer a verbal sacrifice to God. Then God says that just as it is impossible for day to become night, and night to become day, so it is impossible for the kingdom of David to be ruined. And this prophecy is clearly fulfilled; because from David, Christ, who is in the flesh, is not destined to have a throne, but rules over everything, sitting together with the Father. The same thing is said about the priests and Levites, namely, that their race will be likened to the power of heaven and the sand of the sea. And what has been said is confirmed by the works themselves, because the whole earth and sea are full of bishops and deacons performing the Levitical ministry. Having said what the wicked say, namely, that He completely rejected the two tribes that God had chosen, that is, the royal and the priestly, God again made a promise about what he had already predicted.