Jeremiah 33:21

Jeremiah 33:21 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)then my covenant with David my servant—and my covenant with the Levites who are priests ministering before me—can be broken and David will no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levites, the priests, My ministers.
• New Living Translation (NLT)only then will my covenant with my servant David be broken. Only then will he no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne. The same is true for my covenant with the Levitical priests who minister before me.

Context of Jeremiah 33:21

19And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying, 20Thus 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; 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. 22As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. 23Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

Jeremiah 33:21 word by word

גַּם־בְּרִיתִ֤י תֻפַר֙ אֶת־דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדִּ֔י מִהְיֽוֹת־ל֥וֹ בֵ֖ן מֹלֵ֣ךְ עַל־כִּסְא֑וֹ וְאֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֥ם הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים מְשָׁרְתָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• may also my covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• be brokenפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• with Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• my servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• that he should not have a sonבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• to reignמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• upon his throneכִּסֵּאkissê' kissêh · throneH3678
• and with the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• my ministersשָׁרַתshârath · to ministerH8334

Cross-references for Jeremiah 33:21

• 2 Samuel 23:5Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
• 2 Chronicles 7:18Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 21:7Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
• Psalms 89:34My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
• Psalms 132:11The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
• Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
• Luke 1:69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
• Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
• Daniel 7:14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
• Luke 1:32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
• Jeremiah 33:18Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
• Revelation 5:10And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 33:21

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21This promise also has been not literally, but spiritually fulfilled, for in this sense only have the seed of David and the Levites been multiplied.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. 1-261. shut up--(Jr 32:2, 3; 2Ti 2:9). Though Jeremiah was shut up in bondage, the word of God was "not bound."Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 33:21

• Covenant
• David
• God

In the dictionaries

• David
• Minister
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Jeremiah (2)
• Priests and Levites
• Reign

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