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Jeremiah 33:21

Jeremiah 33:21 is verse 21 of Jeremiah chapter 33, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.

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King James Version

Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

World English Bible

then my covenant could also be broken with David my servant, that he won’t have a son to reign on his throne; and with the Levitical priests, my ministers.

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Jeremiah 33:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

20 “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 cease to occupy their appointed time,

21 then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.

22 As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”

23 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

2 Samuel 23:5

Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?

2 Chronicles 7:18

then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’

2 Chronicles 21:7

Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

Psalms 89:34

I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

Psalms 132:11

The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

Psalms 132:12

If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”

Psalms 132:17

There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.

Isaiah 55:3

Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Luke 1:69

He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

Luke 1:70

as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

Daniel 7:14

And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

Luke 1:32

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

Luke 1:33

and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”

Jeremiah 33:18

nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.”

Revelation 5:10

You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

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