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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,

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ASV

Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;

KJV

Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּ֚הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
תָּפֵ֙רוּ֙ta.Fe.ruyou will breakH6565 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בְּרִיתִ֣יbe.ri.Ticovenant of myH1285 →
הַיּ֔וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
בְּרִיתִ֖יbe.ri.Ticovenant of myH1285 →
הַלָּ֑יְלָהha.La.ye.lahthe nightH3915 →
וּלְבִלְתִּ֛יu.le.vil.Tiand to notH1115 →
הֱי֥וֹתhe.Yotto beH1961 →
יֽוֹמָם־yo.mom-daytimeH3119 →
וָלַ֖יְלָהva.Lay.lahand nightH3915 →
בְּעִתָּֽם׃be.'i.Tamat appropriate time theirH6256 →

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Psalms 89:34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.Genesis 1:5God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.Jeremiah 33:25This 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,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 with you or rebuke you.Genesis 8:22As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”Psalms 89:37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” SelahPsalms 104:19–23He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.Genesis 1:14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.Jeremiah 31:35–37Thus 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 LORD of Hosts is His name:Jeremiah 33:25–26This 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,Psalms 89:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,Genesis 9:9“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,Psalms 148:3Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.Ecclesiastes 1:5The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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