Jeremiah 33:25
in Jeremiah 33This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,
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ASV
Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night stand not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
KJV
Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
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This verse in Jeremiah 33
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The ordinances of heaven and earth - i. e., the whole order of nature Nature is not more firmly established than God’s purposes in grace.
This site's exposition
Moreover, the word of the LORD
on Jeremiah 33:23-26
The final word quotes a taunt before answering it: “The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen.” The answer ties Israel's standing to creation. The LORD would reject “the descendants of Jacob” only if He had not established “My covenant with the day and the night.”
This site's exposition
the fixed order of heaven and earth
Barnes takes the fixed order of heaven and earth to mean the whole order of nature. His point is that grace stands as firm as nature does. The argument repeats verses 20 and 21, now applied to Jacob's seed as well as David's.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
God speaketh once, yea, twice, for the encouragement of his people. We are not only so disobedient that we have need of precept upon precept to bring us to our duty, but so distrustful that we have need of promise upon promise to bring us to our comfort. This word, as the former, came to Jeremiah when he was in prison.
33 ), shall never be disappointed. Thus firm shall the covenant of redemption be with the Redeemer--God's servant, but David our King,
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22 ), and has continued ever since, Ps. xix. The morning and the evening have both of them their regular outgoings ( Ps. lxv. 8 ); the day-spring knows its place, knows its time, and keeps both, so do the shadows of the evening; and, while the world stands, this course shall not be altered, this covenant shall not be broken.
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The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֚ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| בְרִיתִ֖י | veriti | covenant of my | H1285 → | 284 times |
| יוֹמָ֣ם | yomam | daytime | H3119 → | 50 times |
| וָלָ֑יְלָה | valayelah | and night | H3915 → | 233 times |
| חֻקּ֛וֹת | chukot | [the] fixed order<s> of | H2708 → | 104 times |
| שָׁמַ֥יִם | shamayim | heaven | H8064 → | 421 times |
| וָאָ֖רֶץ | vaaretz | and earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שָֽׂמְתִּי׃ | sameti | I have ordained | H7760 → | 584 times |
כֹּ֚הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
בְרִיתִ֖יcovenant of my
veritiH1285 →284 times
יוֹמָ֣םdaytime
yomamH3119 →50 times
וָלָ֑יְלָהand night
valayelahH3915 →233 times
חֻקּ֛וֹת[the] fixed order<s> of
chukotH2708 →104 times
שָׁמַ֥יִםheaven
shamayimH8064 →421 times
וָאָ֖רֶץand earth
vaaretzH776 →2504 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
שָֽׂמְתִּי׃I have ordained
sametiH7760 →584 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
Genesis 8:22As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 31:35
Thus 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- James 5:7
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
- Jeremiah 5:24
They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
- Psalms 74:16–17
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
- Song of Solomon 2:11–12
For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
- Jeremiah 31:35
Through
Jeremiah 33:20“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,
it leads to
- Psalms 89:37
like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
- Isaiah 54:9–10
“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry…
- Genesis 8:22
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
- Psalms 89:37
Where this verse is studied
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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
