Jeremiah 33:15
in Jeremiah 33In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
KJV
In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
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This verse in Jeremiah 33
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe branch - The kings they had hitherto had of the line of David, were most of them unrighteous men, but God promises that after the captivity, they should have a branch of David who would execute judgment and righteousness in the land, for the protection and government of those that feared him.
This site's exposition
that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah
on Jeremiah 33:14-18
The Branch of righteousness returns from 23:5, now dated, in those days, and at that time, and paired for the first time with the priestly line as well as the royal one. Jerusalem itself receives the name chapter 23 gave the king, the Lord our righteousness, the bench noting that the city bears the name its ruler bears, not a rival naming but the same righteousness resting on both. Verses 17 and 18 promise David a man to sit on Israel's throne and the Levites a man to offer sacrifice continually, king and priest guaranteed in the same breath, which the older writers read as pointing to the one who is both.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
on Jeremiah 33:15-16
Christ is here prophesied of, 1. He is a branch of righteousness, not a usurper, for he grows up unto David, descends from his loins, with whom the covenant of royalty was made, and is that seed with whom that covenant should be established, so that his title is unexceptionable.
on Jeremiah 33:15-16
That the house of David, the house of Levi, and the house of Israel, shall flourish again, and be established, and all three in the kingdom of Christ; a gospel ministry and the gospel church shall continue while the world stands,
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּיָּמִ֤ים | baiyamim | in the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הָהֵם֙ | hahem | <the> those | H1992 → | 553 times |
| וּבָעֵ֣ת | uvaet | and at the time | H6256 → | 296 times |
| הַהִ֔יא | hahi' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אַצְמִ֥יחַ | ʾatzmiach | I will cause to sprout | H6779 → | |
| לְדָוִ֖ד | ledavid | for David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| צֶ֣מַח | tzemach | a branch of | H6780 → | |
| צְדָקָ֑ה | tzedakah | righteousness | H6666 → | 157 times |
| וְעָשָׂ֛ה | veasah | and he will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מִשְׁפָּ֥ט | mishpat | justice | H4941 → | 422 times |
| וּצְדָקָ֖ה | utzedakah | and righteousness | H6666 → | 157 times |
| בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ | baaretz | in the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
בַּיָּמִ֤יםin the days
baiyamimH3117 →2304 times
הָהֵם֙<the> those
hahemH1992 →553 times
וּבָעֵ֣תand at the time
uvaetH6256 →296 times
הַהִ֔יא<the> that
hahi'H1931 →1879 times
אַצְמִ֥יחַI will cause to sprout
ʾatzmiachH6779 →
לְדָוִ֖דfor David
ledavidH1732 →999 times
צֶ֣מַחa branch of
tzemachH6780 →
צְדָקָ֑הrighteousness
tzedakahH6666 →157 times
וְעָשָׂ֛הand he will do
veasahH6213 →2628 times
מִשְׁפָּ֥טjustice
mishpatH4941 →422 times
וּצְדָקָ֖הand righteousness
utzedakahH6666 →157 times
בָּאָֽרֶץ׃in the land
baaretzH776 →2504 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
Isaiah 53:2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
it leads to
- Philippians 2:6–7
Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
- Isaiah 11:1
Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 52:14
Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
- John 1:10–14
He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
- Mark 6:3
Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us as well?” And they took offense at Him.
- Philippians 2:6–7
Through
Zechariah 3:8Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 23:5
Through
Isaiah 4:2On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
it leads to
- Zechariah 6:12
And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Zechariah 3:8
Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.
- Zechariah 6:12
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.