²⁰ “Thus says Yahweh, ‘If you can ^(A)break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time, ²¹ then ^(B)My covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers. ²² As the ^(C)host of heaven cannot be counted and the ^(D)sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will ^(E)multiply the seed of David My servant and the ^(F)Levites who minister to Me.’”

²³ And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying, ²⁴ “Have you not seen what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The ^(G)two families which Yahweh chose, He has ^(H)rejected them’? Thus they have ^(I)spurned My people from being a nation any longer ^[a]in their sight. ²⁵ Thus says Yahweh, ‘If My ^(J)covenant for day and night stand not, and the statutes for heaven and earth I have ^(K)not established, ²⁶ then I would ^(L)reject the seed of Jacob and David My servant, ^[b]not taking from his seed ^(M)rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But I will ^[c](N)return their ^[d]fortunes and will have ^(O)compassion on them.’”