Jeremiah 33:25
23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
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;
26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy 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 thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:35–36
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
Read in contextJeremiah 33:20
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
Read in contextPsalms 104:19
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Read in contextGenesis 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Read in contextGenesis 9:9–17
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
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