Jeremiah 33:25

But this is what I say: ‘I will not change my laws that control the day and the night, the sky and the earth.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

In Context

24“Have you noticed/heard that some people are saying, ‘Yahweh chose two groups, the people of Judah and the people of Israel, and later abandoned them.’ They are despising my people and saying that Israel no longer deserves to be considered a nation.

26Similarly, I will never abandon the descendants of David or the other descendants of Jacob, and I will always allow descendants of David to rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will bring my people back to their land, and I will act mercifully toward them.’”

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Cross References

Genesis 9:9“Listen carefully. I am now making a solemn promise to you and with your descendants,

Psalms 104:19Yahweh, you made the moon to indicate the times for our festivals, and you made the sun that knows when to go down.

Jeremiah 33:20“This is what I, Yahweh, say: ‘ You certainly cannot annul my promise/agreement to cause nighttime to follow daytime each day.

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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