Jeremiah 33:23

23 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:

Jeremiah 33:23 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 33:23

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah
Upon the same subject, concerning the continuance of David's seed; with a refutation of a calumny uttered against the Lord about the rejection of them: saying;
as follows:

Jeremiah 33:23 In-Context

21 then also My covenant with My servant David may be broken so that he will not have a son reigning on his throne, and the Levitical priests will not be My ministers.

22 The hosts of heaven cannot be counted; the sand of the sea cannot be measured. So, too, I will make the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister to Me innumerable."

23 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:

24 "Have you not noticed what these people have said? They say: The Lord has rejected the two families He had chosen. My people are treated with contempt and no longer regarded as a nation among them.

25 This is what the Lord says: If I do not [keep] My covenant with the day and with the night and fail to establish the fixed order of heaven and earth,