Jeremiah 33:23

23 And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, {saying},

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 my covenant could be broken with David my servant, from {having} a son who could rule on his throne, and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers.

22 As the host of heaven cannot be counted, and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will make numerous the offspring of David my servant and the Levites [who] minister [to] me.'"

23 And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, {saying},

24 "Have you not seen how these people speak, {saying}, 'The two clans whom Yahweh chose, he has also rejected them'? Thus they spurn my people from being a nation {before them} [any] longer.

25 Thus says Yahweh: 'If my covenant [with] day and [with] night, [the] regulations of heaven and earth, I had not established,

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "to say"