Jeremiah 31:35
in Jeremiah 31Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
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ASV
Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; Jehovah of hosts is his name:
KJV
Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:
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This verse in Jeremiah 31
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Thus says the LORD, who gives
on Jeremiah 31:35-37
The LORD who “gives the sun for light by day” ties Israel to the fixed order of creation. Israel’s descendants cease to be “a nation before Me” only if “this fixed order departed from My presence,” and are rejected only if “the heavens above could be measured.” The text attaches this guarantee to the named people, immediately after the terms of the new covenant.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"If laws of day and night cease to speak before my face, says the Lord, then the descendants of Israel cease to be a nation forever." It is impossible that the world order established from the beginning would change, that is, movement of stars, change …
(Verse 35, 36) Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day, the order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar: The Lord of hosts is his name.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
divideth . . . sea when . . . waves . . . roar . . . Lord of hosts . . . name--quoted from Isa 51:15, the genuineness of which passage is thus established on Jeremiah's authority.
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Divideth ... - Rather, stirreth up the sea so that its waves roar.
1 more voice on this verse
Modern Voices1 voice
Remember God's reputation is on the line if Jewish people become extinct. He promised in Jer. 31:35-37, as long as there will be a sun, moon, stars, and waves, the Jewish people will survive as a distinct people.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֣ה׀ | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| נֹתֵ֥ן | noten | [who] gives | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ | shemesh | [the] sun | H8121 → | 134 times |
| לְא֣וֹר | leor | for light | H216 → | 121 times |
| יוֹמָ֔ם | yomam | by day | H3119 → | 50 times |
| חֻקֹּ֛ת | chukot | [the] fixed order<s> of | H2708 → | 104 times |
| יָרֵ֥חַ | yareach | [the] moon | H3394 → | |
| וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים | vekhokhavim | and [the] stars | H3556 → | |
| לְא֣וֹר | leor | for light | H216 → | 121 times |
| לָ֑יְלָה | layelah | night | H3915 → | 233 times |
| רֹגַ֤ע | roga' | [who] stirs up | H7280 → | 13 times |
| הַיָּם֙ | haiyam | the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| וַיֶּהֱמ֣וּ | vaiyehemu | and they roared | H1993 → | 34 times |
| גַלָּ֔יו | galav | waves its | H1530 → | 34 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | [is] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָא֖וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| שְׁמֽוֹ׃ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
כֹּ֣ה׀thus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
נֹתֵ֥ן[who] gives
notenH5414 →2011 times
שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙[the] sun
shemeshH8121 →134 times
לְא֣וֹרfor light
leorH216 →121 times
יוֹמָ֔םby day
yomamH3119 →50 times
חֻקֹּ֛ת[the] fixed order<s> of
chukotH2708 →104 times
יָרֵ֥חַ[the] moon
yareachH3394 →
וְכוֹכָבִ֖יםand [the] stars
vekhokhavimH3556 →
לְא֣וֹרfor light
leorH216 →121 times
לָ֑יְלָהnight
layelahH3915 →233 times
רֹגַ֤ע[who] stirs up
roga'H7280 →13 times
הַיָּם֙the sea
haiyamH3220 →396 times
וַיֶּהֱמ֣וּand they roared
vaiyehemuH1993 →34 times
גַלָּ֔יוwaves its
galavH1530 →34 times
יְהוָ֥ה[is] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָא֖וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
שְׁמֽוֹ׃name his
shemoH8034 →864 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 50:34Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
it leads to
- Isaiah 54:5
For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 47:4
Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name—is the Holy One of Israel.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 15:21
I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
- Isaiah 41:14
Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
- Jeremiah 51:36
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
- Isaiah 54:5
Through
Jeremiah 10:16The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:9
But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
- Jeremiah 32:18
You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
- Jeremiah 51:19
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Deuteronomy 32:9
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON JEREMIAH 31:36; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Sid Roth, Messianic Vision Newsletter, February 2026.