Jeremiah 33:20

Jeremiah 33:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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;
• New International Version (NIV)“This is what the Lord says: ‘If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Thus says the Lord: ‘If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season,
• New Living Translation (NLT)“This is what the Lord says: If you can break my covenant with the day and the night so that one does not follow the other,

Context of Jeremiah 33:20

18and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man in my presence to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices forever." 19The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: "Thus says the Lord: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time, 21then also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers. 22As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me."

Jeremiah 33:20 word by word

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אִם־תָּפֵ֙רוּ֙ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֣י הַיּ֔וֹם וְאֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י הַלָּ֑יְלָה וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י הֱי֥וֹת יֽוֹמָם־וָלַ֖יְלָה בְּעִתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• If ye can breakפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• my covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• of the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• and that there should not be dayיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• in their seasonעֵת‛êth · timeH6256

Cross-references for Jeremiah 33:20

• Jeremiah 33:25Thus says the Lord: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,
• Jeremiah 31:35Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord of hosts is his name:
• Genesis 8:22While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease."
• Psalms 89:37Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies." Selah
• Psalms 104:19He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.
• Isaiah 54:9"This is like the days of Noah to me: as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, and will not rebuke you.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 33:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20If ye can break my covenant of the day - See the note on Jeremiah 31:36.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-26Verses 14-26 To crown the blessings God has in store, here is a promise of the Messiah. He imparts righteousness to his church, for he is made of God to us righteousness; and believers are made the righteousness of God in him. Christ is our Lord God, our righteousness, our sanctification, and our redemption. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. But in this world prosperity and adversity succeed each other, as light and darkness, day and night. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-22Jeremiah shared God's promise. The new agreement with David's descendants and the Levitical priests would be as certain as day following night.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. covenant of the day--that is, covenant with the day: answering to "covenant with David" (Jr 33:21, also Jr 33:25, "with day"; compare Jr 31:35, 36; Le 26:42; Psa 89:34, 37).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 33:20

• David
• God
• Seasons

In the dictionaries

• Day and Night
• Covenant
• Exodus, the Book of
• Jeremiah (2)
• Priests and Levites

Commentaries on Jeremiah 33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings