Jeremiah 31:35

Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for light by day, the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for light by night, who stirreth up the sea so that the waves thereof roar, Jehovah of hosts is his name:

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will pardon their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.

36If those ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

Exodus 14:21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah made the sea go [back] by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry [land], and the waters were divided.

Job 26:12He stirreth up the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

Job 38:33Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?

Psalms 72:5They shall fear thee as long as sun and moon endure, from generation to generation.

Psalms 74:13*Thou* didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 31:28-35

God's Covenant Renewed. ( b. c. 594.) 27 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the Lord . 29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are… Read the whole commentary →

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