Jeremiah 33:12

MORE BLESSINGS ENUMERATED

"Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him that numbereth them, saith Jehovah."

The contrast between Jeremiah 33:10,11 and Jeremiah 33:12,13 emphasizes the great prosperity that is promised for Judah after their return from captivity, these blessings being typical of the great spiritual blessings under the Messiah. "Strangely enough, the Targum has a Messianic interpretation here and substitutes the word `Messiah' for the one counting the sheep."[5] This at least indicates that from of old the whole chapter has been understood as Messianic.