Jeremiah 33:21

Jeremiah 33:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• 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.

Context of Jeremiah 33:21

19The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 20“Thus says the Lord, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time, then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers. 22As the host of heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.’” 23And 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

• My covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• may alsoגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• be brokenפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• with Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• My servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• so that he will not haveהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• a sonבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• to reignמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• on his throneכִּסֵּאkissê' kissêh · throneH3678
• and with the Leviticalלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• My ministersשָׁרַתshârath · to ministerH8334

Cross-references for Jeremiah 33:21

• 2 Samuel 23:5Truly is not my house so with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all things, and secured; For all my salvation and all my desire, Will He not indeed make it grow?
• 2 Chronicles 7:18then I will establish your royal throne as I covenanted with your father David, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to be ruler in Israel.’
• 2 Chronicles 21:7Yet the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David because of the covenant which He had made with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.
• Psalms 89:34My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.
• Psalms 132:11The Lord has sworn to David A truth from which He will not turn back: “Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.
• Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David.
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
• Luke 1:69And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of David His servant--
• Isaiah 9:6For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
• Daniel 7:14And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed.
• Luke 1:32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;
• Jeremiah 33:18and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to prepare sacrifices continually.’”
• Revelation 5:10You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon 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