Jeremiah 33:26
in Jeremiah 33then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.
KJV
Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
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This verse in Jeremiah 33
Commentary
4 notes on this verseGod 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.
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 descendants of Jacob
The last verse joins Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to David, so the promise to the patriarchs and the promise to the king stand together. Matthew Henry notes that God repeats his promises because his people are slow to trust. The chapter ends on compassion.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant,.... R.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| זֶ֣רַע | zera' | [the] offspring of | H2233 → | 229 times |
| יַעֲקוֹב֩ | yaakov | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| וְדָוִ֨ד | vedavid | and David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| עַבְדִּ֜י | ʾavdi | servant my | H5650 → | 799 times |
| אֶמְאַ֗ס | ʾemas | I will reject | H3988 → | 76 times |
| מִקַּ֤חַת | mikachat | from taking | H3947 → | 966 times |
| מִזַּרְעוֹ֙ | mizaro | any of offspring his | H2233 → | 229 times |
| מֹֽשְׁלִ֔ים | moshelim | rulers | H4910 → | 81 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| זֶ֥רַע | zera' | [the] offspring of | H2233 → | 229 times |
| אַבְרָהָ֖ם | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | |
| יִשְׂחָ֣ק | yischak | Isaac | H3446 → | |
| וְיַעֲקֹ֑ב | veyaako | and Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אָשִׁ֥יב | ʾashuv | I will cause to turn back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁבוּתָ֖ם | shevutam | captivity their | H7622 → | 32 times |
| וְרִחַמְתִּֽים׃ ס | verichamtim | and I will have compassion on them | H7355 → | 47 times |
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
זֶ֣רַע[the] offspring of
zera'H2233 →229 times
יַעֲקוֹב֩Jacob
yaakovH3290 →350 times
וְדָוִ֨דand David
vedavidH1732 →999 times
עַבְדִּ֜יservant my
ʾavdiH5650 →799 times
אֶמְאַ֗סI will reject
ʾemasH3988 →76 times
מִקַּ֤חַתfrom taking
mikachatH3947 →966 times
מִזַּרְעוֹ֙any of offspring his
mizaroH2233 →229 times
מֹֽשְׁלִ֔יםrulers
moshelimH4910 →81 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
זֶ֥רַע[the] offspring of
zera'H2233 →229 times
אַבְרָהָ֖םAbraham
ʾavrahamH85 →
יִשְׂחָ֣קIsaac
yischakH3446 →
וְיַעֲקֹ֑בand Jacob
veyaakoH3290 →350 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אָשִׁ֥יבI will cause to turn back
ʾashuvH7725 →1056 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁבוּתָ֖םcaptivity their
shevutamH7622 →32 times
וְרִחַמְתִּֽים׃ סand I will have compassion on them
verichamtimH7355 →47 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
Hosea 2:23And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they…
it leads to
- Romans 9:25–26
As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
- 1 Peter 2:9–10
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Zechariah 13:9
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They…
- Hosea 1:9–10
And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
- Romans 3:29
Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- Romans 9:25–26
Through
Hosea 1:7Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
it leads to
- Zechariah 4:6
So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Zechariah 4:6
Through
Isaiah 14:1For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
it leads to
- Psalms 102:13
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
- Psalms 102:13
Through
Jeremiah 31:37This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 33:24–26
“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.
- Jeremiah 33:24–26
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Jeremiah

Who and where
4 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.
- PersonPatriarchsAbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all nations are bles…
- PersonPatriarchsIsaacThe son of promise and of laughter — bound on Moriah, the quiet inheritor of the covenant.
- PersonPatriarchsJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.
This page draws on 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.
