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 there will always be Levitical priests to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings and sacrifices to me.” 19Then this message came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “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, 21only 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. 22And as the stars of the sky cannot be counted and the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who minister before 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 33:25But this is what the Lord says: I would no more reject my people than I would change my laws that govern night and day, earth and sky.
• Jeremiah 31:35It is the Lord who provides the sun to light the day and the moon and stars to light the night, and who stirs the sea into roaring waves. His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, and this is what he says:
• Genesis 8:22As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.”
• Psalms 89:37It will be as eternal as the moon, my faithful witness in the sky!” Interlude
• Psalms 104:19You made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set.
• Isaiah 54:9“Just as I swore in the time of Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth, so now I swear that I will never again be angry and punish 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