Jeremiah 31:36

Jeremiah 31:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
• New International Version (NIV)“Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,” declares the Lord, “will Israel ever cease being a nation before me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the Lord, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the Lord, Then the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation before Me forever.”

Context of Jeremiah 31:36

34No longer will each person teach his neighbors or his relatives by saying, ‘Know the Lord.’ All of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” declares the Lord, “because I will forgive their wickedness and I will no longer hold their sins against them.” 35The Lord provides the sun to be a light during the day. He orders the moon and stars to be lights during the night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. His name is the Lord of Armies. This is what the Lord says: Only if these laws stop working, declares the Lord, will Israel’s descendants stop being a nation in my presence. 37This is what the Lord says: Only if the heavens could be measured or the foundations of the earth could be searched, would I ever reject all of Israel’s descendants because of everything that they have done, declares the Lord. 38“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the city will be rebuilt for me from the Tower of Hananel to Corner Gate.

Jeremiah 31:36 word by word

אִם־יָמֻ֜שׁוּ הַחֻקִּ֥ים הָאֵ֛לֶּה מִלְּפָנַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה גַּם֩ זֶ֨רַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל יִשְׁבְּת֗וּ מִֽהְי֥וֹת גּ֛וֹי לְפָנַ֖י כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If those ordinancesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• departמוּשׁmûsh · to removeH4185
• from beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• me, saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• also shall ceaseשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• from being a nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• me for everיוֹםyôm · day: alwaysH3117

Cross-references for Jeremiah 31:36

• Jeremiah 33:20“This is what the Lord says: Suppose you could break my arrangement with day and night so that they wouldn’t come at their proper time.
• Psalms 72:5May they fear you as long as the sun and moon ⌞shine⌟— throughout every generation.
• Psalms 89:36His dynasty will last forever. His throne will be in my presence like the sun.
• Psalms 102:28The children of your servants will go on living ⌞here⌟. Their descendants will be secure in your presence.”
• Psalms 119:89O Lord, your word is established in heaven forever.
• Psalms 148:6He set them in their places forever and ever. He made it a law that no one can break.
• Isaiah 54:9“To me this is like Noah’s floodwaters, when I swore an oath that Noah’s floodwaters would never cover the earth again. So now I swear an oath not to be angry with you or punish you.
• Jeremiah 46:28Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob,” declares the Lord. “I am with you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will correct you with justice. I won’t let you go entirely unpunished.”
• Deuteronomy 32:26I said that I would cut them in pieces and erase everyone’s memory of them.
• Amos 9:8I, the Almighty Lord, have my eyes on this sinful kingdom. I will wipe it off the face of the earth. But I won’t totally destroy the descendants of Jacob, declares the Lord.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 31:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36If those ordinances - As sure as the sun shall give light to the day, and the moon to the night, so surely shall the Jews continue to be a distinct people. The same thing is expressed in other words in the next verse. Hitherto this prophecy has been literally fulfilled; the Jews are still a distinct people from all the dwellers upon earth. Every attempt that has been made in any country to naturalize and unite them with the people of that country, has…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36If those - If these. From the uniformity of God‘s operations in the material world, the prophet deduces the certainty of a similar uniformity in God‘s dealings with man in things spiritual. A nation - A people. Israel has long ceased to be a nation, but it still exists as a numerous, influential, and distinct people. In Matthew 28:19-20 Jeremiah‘s prophecy receives its Christian application, and Israel becomes the Church, with the promise of perpetual…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 35-40Verses 35-40 As surely as the heavenly bodies will continue their settled course, according to the will of their Creator, to the end of time, and as the raging sea obeys him, so surely will the Jews be continued a separate people. Words can scarcely set forth more strongly the restoration of Israel. The rebuilding of Jerusalem, and its enlargement and establishment, shall be an earnest of the great things God will do for the gospel church. The personal…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35-37The Lord compared his promise of the new covenant to his reliability in upholding the laws of nature.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3636. a nation--Israel's national polity has been broken up by the Romans. But their preservation as a distinct people amidst violent persecutions, though scattered among all nations for eighteen centuries, unamalgamated, whereas all other peoples under such circumstances have become incorporated with the nations in which they have been dispersed, is a perpetual standing miracle (compare Jr 33:20; Psa 148:6; Is 54:9, 10).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 31

• 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