19 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 20 “This is what the Lord says: ‘If you can (A)break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night do not occur at their proper time, 21 then (B)My covenant with David My servant may also be broken, so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers. 22 As the (C)heavenly [a]lights cannot be counted, and the (D)sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will (E)multiply the [b]descendants of My servant David and the (F)Levites who serve Me.’”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 33:22 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.
  2. Jeremiah 33:22 Lit seed

19 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 20 Thus says the Lord: If any of you could break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night would not come at their appointed time,(A) 21 only then could my covenant with my servant David be broken, so that he would not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with my ministers the Levites.(B) 22 Just as the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will increase the offspring of my servant David and the Levites who minister to me.(C)

Read full chapter