“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it—the LORD is his name:
But before God promised anything respecting the return of the people, he strengthened the mind of the Prophet by a preface, and also encouraged and animated the godly to entertain good hope. The preface is, that God created and formed Jerusalem There was, then, no doubt but he would at length rescue it from the hands of enemies; nay, that he would raise it up even from hell itself.
God speaks not once but twice, for we are so distrustful we need promise upon promise to comfort us. No prison walls can shut out His gracious visits; Paul's sweetest letters were written from a cell. As afflictions abound, His consolations abound much more.
AI summary
Commenting on Jeremiah 33:1-9
Thus saith the Lord, the Maker thereof,.... The Syriac version is, "that made thee"; the prophet. The Septuagint and Arabic versions are, "the Maker of the earth"; see Jer 32:17. Kimchi interprets it of Jerusalem; rather it is to be understood of the New Jerusalem, or church of God in Gospel times.