Jeremiah 33:20

Thus saith the LORD: If ye can break My covenant with the day, and My covenant with the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

19And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying:

21Then may also My covenant be broken with David My servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, My ministers.

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Cross References

Psalms 89:37(89-38) It shall be established for ever as the moon; and be stedfast as the witness in sky.' Selah

Isaiah 54:9For this is as the waters of Noah unto Me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

Jeremiah 31:35Thus saith the LORD, Who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirreth up the sea, that the waves thereof roar, the LORD of hosts is His name:

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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