Jeremiah 33:22
As the stars of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea be measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites my ministers.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
23And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying:
Cross References
Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.
Genesis 22:17I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the seashore: thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies.
Psalms 22:30All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
Psalms 89:29I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.
Isaiah 66:21And I will take of them to be priests, and Levites, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 37:24And my servant David shall be king over them, and they shall have one shepherd: they shall walk in my judgments, and shall keep my commandments, and shall do them.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 33:18-26
Security of God's Covenants; The Covenant of Priesthood. ( b. c. 589.) 17 For thus saith the Lord ; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; 18 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. 19 And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying, 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… Read the whole commentary →