Jeremiah 33:21

Then may also My Brit (covenant) be broken with Dovid Avdi, that he should not have Ben to reign upon his kisse; and with the Levi'im the kohanim, My mesharetim (ministers, servants).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Then 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.

In Context

20Thus saith Hashem: If ye can break My Brit HaYom, and My Brit HaLailah, that there should not be yomam v'lailah (day and night) in their appointed times;

22As the Tzeva HaShomayim cannot be numbered, neither the chol (sand) of the yam (sea) measured, so will I multiply the zera Dovid Avdi, and the Levi'im that minister unto Me.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:5Is not my Bais so with G-d? 1 Yet He hath made with me a Brit Olam, 1 ordered in all things, and sure; 1 for this is all my salvation, and all my chefetz (desire), 1 will He not make it spring forth (tzemach)? + 23:5 See Zech 3:8; 6:11-12 1

2 Chronicles 21:7However, Hashem was not willing to destroy the Bais Dovid, for the sake of HaBrit that He had cut with Dovid, and since He promised to give a ner (lamp) to him and to his banim kol hayamim.

Psalms 89:36Once have I sworn by My Kodesh; 1 I will not lie unto Dovid. 1

Psalms 132:17There atzmi'ach (I will make sprout) + 132:17 i.e., Tzemach the Keren of Dovid; 1 I have ordained a ner (lamp) for My Moshiach. 1

Isaiah 55:3Incline your ozen, and come unto Me; 1 hear, and your nefesh shall live; 1 and I will make with you a Brit Olam, 1 even the chasdei Dovid hane'emanim. + 55:3 See Ac 13:34 1

Jeremiah 33:18Neither shall the kohanim the Levi'im lack an ish before Me to offer olah, and to burn minchah, and to do zevakh continually.

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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