¹⁹ The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah, saying: ²⁰ “This is what the Lord says: I have an ·agreement [covenant; treaty] with day and night that they will always come at the right times [^Cthe covenant with Noah; Gen. 9:8–17]. If you could ·change [^Lbreak] that ·agreement [covenant; treaty], ²¹ only then could you ·change [^Lbreak] my ·agreement [covenant; treaty] with David and Levi. Only then would my servant David not have a descendant ruling on his throne. And only then would the family of Levi not be serving me [^Cin the Temple]. ²² But I will give many ·descendants [^Lseed] to my servant David and to the family group of Levi who serve me. They will be as many as the stars in the sky that no one can count. They will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore that no one can measure [Gen. 15:5; 22:17; 26:4].”