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Jeremiah 33:22

As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”

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ASV

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

KJV

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יִסָּפֵר֙yi.sa.Ferit will be countedH5608 →
צְבָ֣אtze.Va'[the] host ofH6635 →
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יִמַּ֖דyi.Madit will be measuredH4058 →
ח֣וֹלChol[the] sand ofH2344 →
הַיָּ֑םhai.Yamthe seaH3220 →
כֵּ֣ןkensoH3651 →
אַרְבֶּ֗ה'ar.BehI will increaseH7235 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
זֶ֙רַע֙ze.ra'[the] offspring ofH2233 →
דָּוִ֣דda.VidDavidH1732 →
עַבְדִּ֔י'av.Diservant myH5650 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
הַלְוִיִּ֖םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881 →
מְשָׁרְתֵ֥יme.sha.re.Tei[the] servants ofH8334 →
אֹתִֽי׃ ס'o.Ti<obj.> meH853 →

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Jeremiah 30:19Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.Psalms 115:14May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.Genesis 15:5And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”1 Kings 4:29And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.Hebrews 11:12And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.Numbers 25:13It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”Zechariah 2:4and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.Zechariah 10:8I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.Isaiah 66:21“And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD.Ezekiel 37:24–27My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.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 have done,” declares the LORD.Isaiah 48:19Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”Revelation 20:8and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.Revelation 7:9–10After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.Psalms 22:30Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.Ezekiel 44:15But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.

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