20 (A)“Thus says the Lord: (B)If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, (C)so that day and night will not come at their appointed time,

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20 “This is what the Lord says: ‘If you can break my covenant with the day(A) and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time,(B)

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25 Thus says the Lord: (A)If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth, 26 then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (B)For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.”

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25 This is what the Lord says: ‘If I have not made my covenant with day and night(A) and established the laws(B) of heaven and earth,(C) 26 then I will reject(D) the descendants of Jacob(E) and David my servant and will not choose one of his sons to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes[a](F) and have compassion(G) on them.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 33:26 Or will bring them back from captivity

“This is like (A)the days of Noah[a] to me:
    as I swore that the waters of Noah
    should no more go over the earth,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you,
    and will not rebuke you.
10 For the mountains may depart
    and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
    and (B)my covenant of peace shall not be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

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  1. Isaiah 54:9 Some manuscripts For this is as the waters of Noah

“To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.(A)
So now I have sworn(B) not to be angry(C) with you,
    never to rebuke(D) you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken(E)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love(F) for you will not be shaken(G)
    nor my covenant(H) of peace(I) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion(J) on you.

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37 Like (A)the moon it shall be established forever,
    (B)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

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37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”(A)

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19 He made the moon to mark the (A)seasons;[a]
    the sun knows its time for setting.
20 (B)You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
21 (C)The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.
22 When the sun rises, they steal away
    and lie down in their (D)dens.
23 (E)Man goes out to his work
    and to his labor until the evening.

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  1. Psalm 104:19 Or the appointed times (compare Genesis 1:14)

19 He made the moon to mark the seasons,(A)
    and the sun(B) knows when to go down.
20 You bring darkness,(C) it becomes night,(D)
    and all the beasts of the forest(E) prowl.
21 The lions roar for their prey(F)
    and seek their food from God.(G)
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
    they return and lie down in their dens.(H)
23 Then people go out to their work,(I)
    to their labor until evening.(J)

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22 (A)While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, (B)day and night, shall not cease.”

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22 “As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,(A)
cold and heat,
summer and winter,(B)
day and night
will never cease.”(C)

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35 Thus says the Lord,
who (A)gives the sun for light by day
    and (B)the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
    (C)the Lord of hosts is his name:
36 (D)“If this fixed order departs
    from before me, declares the Lord,
then shall the offspring of Israel cease
    from being a nation before me forever.”

37 Thus says the Lord:
“If the heavens above can be measured,
    and the foundations of the earth below can be explored,
(E)then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel
    for all that they have done,
declares the Lord.”

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35 This is what the Lord says,

he who appoints(A) the sun
    to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
    to shine by night,(B)
who stirs up the sea(C)
    so that its waves roar(D)
    the Lord Almighty is his name:(E)
36 “Only if these decrees(F) vanish from my sight,”
    declares the Lord,
“will Israel(G) ever cease
    being a nation before me.”

37 This is what the Lord says:

“Only if the heavens above can be measured(H)
    and the foundations of the earth below be searched out
will I reject(I) all the descendants of Israel
    because of all they have done,”
declares the Lord.

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