Jeremiah 33:25
23 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
24 “Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.
This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,
26 then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”
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.
Compare
- BSB
- This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,
- KJV
- Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
- WEB
- The LORD says: “If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth,
- ASV
- Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night [stand] not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
- DARBY
- Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night [stand] not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of the heavens and the earth,
- BLB
- Thus says YHWH: If My covenant [is] not with day and night, [and if] I have not appointed the fixed orders of the heavens and earth,
- ÅB
- Så sier Herren: Dersom jeg ikke har opprettet min pakt med dag og natt, ikke gitt lover for himmel og jord,
- OTB
- Så sier Herren: ‘Hvis Jeg ikke har fastsatt Min pakt med dag og natt og etablert himmelens og jordens lover,
- B1930
- Så sier Herren: Dersom jeg ikke har oprettet min pakt med dag og natt, ikke gitt lover for himmel og jord,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 74:16–17
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:35–36
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
Read in contextJeremiah 33:20
“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,
Read in contextPsalms 104:19
He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
Read in contextGenesis 8:22
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
Read in contextGenesis 9:9–17
“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,
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