Jeremiah 33:2
in Jeremiah 33“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah that doeth it, Jehovah that formeth it to establish it; Jehovah is his name:
KJV
Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;
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This verse in Jeremiah 33
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThus saith the Lord the Maker thereof - עשה osah, the doer of it. That is, he who is to perform that which he is now about to promise. Thus translated by Dahler. - Voici ce que dit l’Eternel, qui fait ce qu’il a dit. - “Thus saith the Lord, who doth that which he hath said.” The word Jehovah, not Lord, should be used in all such places as this.
This site's exposition
While Jeremiah was still confined in
on Jeremiah 33:1-3
The word comes while Jeremiah is “still confined in the courtyard of the guard,” the same place as the purchase in chapter 32. Then comes the invitation: “Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.”
This site's exposition
the LORD who formed it and established it
The verse never names what the LORD formed. Clarke and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown take the one who made it as the one who will do what he is about to promise. Barnes takes it as whatever the LORD wills, and Calvin, as Jamieson, Fausset and Brown report, as Jerusalem.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"And let them who know your name hope in you" when they shall have ceased hoping in wealth and in the other enticements of this world. For the soul indeed that seeks where to fix its hope, when it is torn away from this world, the knowledge of God's name seasonably receives. For the mere name of God has now been published everywhere. When you know someone, you know his name. For the name is not a name for its own sake but for that which it signifies. Now it has been said, "The Lord is his name." Therefore those who willingly submit to God as his servants have known this name.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He is the maker and former of this promise; he has laid the scheme for Jerusalem's restoration, and he that has formed it will establish it, he that has made the promise will make it good; for Jehovah is his name, a God giving being to his promises by the performance of them, and when he does this he is known by that name ( Exod. vi.
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Thus saith the Lord, the Maker thereof,.... The Syriac version is, "that made thee"; the prophet. The Septuagint and Arabic versions are, "the Maker of the earth"; see Jer 32:17. Kimchi interprets it of Jerusalem; rather it is to be understood of the New Jerusalem, or church of God in Gospel times.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
maker thereof--rather, "the doer of it," namely, that which Jeremiah is about to prophesy, the restoration of Israel, an act which is thought now impossible, but which the Almighty will effect. formed it--namely, Jerusalem (Jer 32:44) [CALVIN].
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Or, Thus saith Yahweh the doer of it, Yahweh who formeth it, that He may establish it, Yahweh is His name. The word “it” means whatsoever Yahweh wills.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּֽה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֥ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עֹשָׂ֑הּ | ʾosah | [who] made it | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| יוֹצֵ֥ר | yotzer | [who] formed | H3335 → | 62 times |
| אוֹתָ֛הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לַהֲכִינָ֖הּ | lahakhinah | to establish it | H3559 → | 217 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | [is] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| שְׁמֽוֹ׃ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
כֹּֽה־thus
koh-H3541 →577 times
אָמַ֥רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עֹשָׂ֑הּ[who] made it
ʾosahH6213 →2628 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
יוֹצֵ֥ר[who] formed
yotzerH3335 →62 times
אוֹתָ֛הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
לַהֲכִינָ֖הּto establish it
lahakhinahH3559 →217 times
יְהוָ֥ה[is] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Exodus 15:3The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
it leads to
- Psalms 24:8
Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
- Exodus 14:14
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
- Revelation 19:11–21
Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
- Isaiah 42:8
I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
- Exodus 6:6–8
Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched…
- Psalms 24:8
Through
Exodus 6:3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
it leads to
- Psalms 83:18
May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
- Psalms 68:4
Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds— His name is the LORD— and rejoice before Him.
- Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Psalms 83:18
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, EXPLANATIONS OF THE PSALMS 9:11; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.