Jeremiah 33:18

16 In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

17 For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.”

19 And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

20 “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.”
KJV
Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
WEB
The Levitical priests won’t lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, to burn meal offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.”
ASV
neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
DARBY
neither shall there fail to the priests the Levites a man before me to offer up burnt-offerings, and to burn oblations, and to do sacrifice continually.
BLB
nor will the priests, the Levites, lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice all the days.
ÅB
og av de levittiske presters slekt skal det aldri fattes en mann for mitt åsyn som ofrer brennoffer og brenner matoffer og bærer fram slaktoffer alle dager.
OTB
og de levittiske prestene skal aldri mangle en mann til å stå for Mitt åsyn for å ofre brennoffer, brenne grødeoffer og frembære ofre kontinuerlig.’”
B1930
og av de levittiske presters ætt skal det aldri fattes en mann for mitt åsyn som ofrer brennoffer og brenner matoffer og bærer frem slaktoffer alle dager.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 56:7

    I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

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  • Romans 15:16

    to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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  • Deuteronomy 18:1

    The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the offerings made by fire to the LORD; that is their inheritance.

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  • 1 Peter 2:5

    you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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  • Revelation 1:6

    who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

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  • Ezekiel 43:19–27

    You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.

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  • 1 Peter 2:9

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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  • Isaiah 61:6

    But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.

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