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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 33:20 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 33:20 |
Strong Concordance |
Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; If ye can break [06565] my covenant [01285] of the day [03117], and my covenant [01285] of the night [03915], and that there should not be day [03119] and night [03915] in their season [06256]; |
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King James |
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; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| covenant of the day--that is, covenant with the day: answering to "covenant with David" (Jer 33:21, also Jer 33:25, "with day"; compare Jer 31:35-36; Lev 26:42; Psa 89:34, Psa 89:37). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| My covenant - The same with the ordinances mentioned, Jer 31:35. God's law established in the course of natural causes, by virtue of which the day and night, orderly succeed one another. The succession of the gospel ministry in the church of God to abide for ever, shall be as certain as the succession of darkness and light. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| If ye can break my covenant of the day - See the note on Jer 31:36. |
37 It shall be established [03559] for ever [05769] as the moon [03394], and as a faithful [0539] witness [05707] in heaven [07834]. Selah [05542].
34 My covenant [01285] will I not break [02490], nor alter [08138] the thing that is gone out [04161] of my lips [08193].
42 Then will I remember [02142] my covenant [01285] with Jacob [03290], and also my covenant [01285] with Isaac [03327], and also my covenant [01285] with Abraham [085] will I remember [02142]; and I will remember [02142] the land [0776].
35 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], which giveth [05414] the sun [08121] for a light [0216] by day [03119], and the ordinances [02708] of the moon [03394] and of the stars [03556] for a light [0216] by night [03915], which divideth [07280] the sea [03220] when the waves [01530] thereof roar [01993]; The LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] is his name [08034]:
36 If those ordinances [02706] depart [04185] from before [06440] me, saith [05002] the LORD [03068], then the seed [02233] of Israel [03478] also shall cease [07673] from being a nation [01471] before [06440] me for ever [03117].
25 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; If my covenant [01285] be not with day [03119] and night [03915], and if I have not appointed [07760] the ordinances [02708] of heaven [08064] and earth [0776];
21 Then may also my covenant [01285] be broken [06565] with David [01732] my servant [05650], that he should not have a son [01121] to reign [04427] upon his throne [03678]; and with the Levites [03881] the priests [03548], my ministers [08334].
35 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], which giveth [05414] the sun [08121] for a light [0216] by day [03119], and the ordinances [02708] of the moon [03394] and of the stars [03556] for a light [0216] by night [03915], which divideth [07280] the sea [03220] when the waves [01530] thereof roar [01993]; The LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] is his name [08034]:
36 If those ordinances [02706] depart [04185] from before [06440] me, saith [05002] the LORD [03068], then the seed [02233] of Israel [03478] also shall cease [07673] from being a nation [01471] before [06440] me for ever [03117].