Jeremiah 33:16
in Jeremiah 33In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is the name whereby she shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.
KJV
In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.
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This verse in Jeremiah 33
Commentary
9 notes on this verseIn those days shall Judah be saved,.... The elect of God among the Jews; and all such who are Jews inwardly, who truly believe in Christ, and confess his name, and praise him, and give him the glory or salvation.
This site's exposition
Behold, the days are coming, declares
on Jeremiah 33:14-18
The Branch of 23:5 returns, now dated “In those days and at that time,” and paired with the priestly line. Jerusalem receives the name chapter 23 gave the king, “The LORD Our Righteousness,” so the same righteousness rests on the city and its ruler.
This site's exposition
Jerusalem will dwell securely
At Jeremiah 23:6 the name The LORD Our Righteousness belongs to the king; here it is given to the city. Clarke doubts the two passages mean the same thing. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the city as the church, bearing the name because it draws its righteousness from Christ.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Saved - It is the opinion of some that a spiritual salvation and security is promised under these expressions, but by the most and best interpreters, a temporal salvation. This was typical of that spiritual and eternal salvation which is promised to the true Israel of God; as their rest in Canaan typified that rest which remaineth for the people of God.
16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The L ORD our righteousness. Here is a further prediction of the happy state of Judah and Jerusalem after their glorious return out of captivity, issuing gloriously at length in the kingdom of the Messiah.
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,
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.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness - See what has been said on Jer 23:6 (note), which is generally supposed to be a strictly parallel passage: but they are very different, and I doubt whether they mean exactly the same thing. As to our translation here, it is ignorant, and almost impious; it says that Jerusalem, for that is the antecedent, shall be called The Lord our Righteousness.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Hence, the Church is called "Christ" (Ro 16:7; The Church hereby professes to draw all her righteousness from Christ (Isa 45:24, 25). It is for the sake of Jerusalem, literal and spiritual, that God the Father gives this name (Jehovah, Tsidkenu, "The Lord our Righteousness") to Christ.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּיָּמִ֤ים | baiyamim | in the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הָהֵם֙ | hahem | <the> those | H1992 → | 553 times |
| תִּוָּשַׁ֣ע | tivasha' | it will be saved | H3467 → | 206 times |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם | virushalim | and Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹן | tishkon | it will dwell | H7931 → | 129 times |
| לָבֶ֑טַח | lavetach | to security | H983 → | 42 times |
| וְזֶ֥ה | vezeh | and this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [is that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִקְרָא־ | yikra'- | anyone will call | H7121 → | 733 times |
| לָ֖הּ | lah | <to> <the> it | ||
| יְהוָ֥ה׀ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צִדְקֵֽנוּ׃ ס | tzidkenu | [is] righteousness our | H6664 → | 119 times |
בַּיָּמִ֤יםin the days
baiyamimH3117 →2304 times
הָהֵם֙<the> those
hahemH1992 →553 times
תִּוָּשַׁ֣עit will be saved
tivasha'H3467 →206 times
יְהוּדָ֔הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םand Jerusalem
virushalimH3389 →643 times
תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹןit will dwell
tishkonH7931 →129 times
לָבֶ֑טַחto security
lavetachH983 →42 times
וְזֶ֥הand this
vezehH2088 →1180 times
אֲשֶׁר־[is that] which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יִקְרָא־anyone will call
yikra'-H7121 →733 times
לָ֖הּ<to> <the> it
lah
יְהוָ֥ה׀Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צִדְקֵֽנוּ׃ ס[is] righteousness our
tzidkenuH6664 →119 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 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
it leads to
- Romans 10:11
It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Psalms 25:3
Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
- Isaiah 54:4
Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember…
- 1 Peter 2:6
For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Joel 2:26–27
You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to…
- Romans 10:11
Through
2 Corinthians 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Peter 2:22–24
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- 1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
Where this verse is studied
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Studies5
About Jeremiah
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.