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,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"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,
• 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,

Context of Jeremiah 33:20

18and the Levitical priests shall not lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to prepare sacrifices continually.’” 19And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, “This is what the Lord says: ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night do not occur at their proper time, 21then My covenant with David My servant may also be broken, so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers. 22As the heavenly lights cannot be counted, and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who serve 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

• Thisכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Ifאִם'im · ifH518
• breakפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• My covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• for the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• for the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• so that dayיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• do not occurהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• at their properעֵת‛êth · timeH6256

Cross-references for Jeremiah 33:20

• Jeremiah 33:25This is what the Lord says: ‘If My covenant for day and night does not continue, and I have not established the fixed patterns of heaven and earth,
• Jeremiah 31:35This is what the Lord says, He 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 armies is His name:
• Genesis 8:22While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease.”
• Psalms 89:37It shall be established forever like the moon, And a witness in the sky is faithful.” Selah
• Psalms 104:19He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting.
• Isaiah 54:9“For this is like the days of Noah to Me, When I swore that the waters of Noah Would not flood the earth again; So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you Nor 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