Jeremiah 33:22

And the king sent men into Egypt;

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

In Context

21And king Joakim and all the princes heard all his words, and sought to slay him; and Urias heard it and went into Egypt.

23and they brought him thence, and brought him in to the king; and he smote him with the sword, and cast him into the sepulchre of the children of his people.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seed like the + 13:16 Gr. sand.dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered.

Genesis 22:17+ 22:17 Heb. 6. 14. surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.

Isaiah 66:21And I will take of them priests and Levites, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 37:24And my servant David shall be a prince in the midst of them: there shall be one shepherd of them all; for they shall walk in mine ordinances, and keep my judgments, and 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 →

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