KJV King James Version
[Then] may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
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Jeremiah 33:21
[Then] may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.
WEB World English Bible
then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
ASV American Standard Version
then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Also My covenant is broken with David My servant, So that he hath not a son reigning on his throne, And with the Levites the priests, My ministers.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 33
18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
20 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;
21 [Then] may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
22 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.
23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
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גַּם־H1571 · gamalsoבְּרִיתִ֤יH1285 · be.ritcovenantתֻפַר֙H6565 · pa.rarto breakאֶת־H854 · etwithדָּוִ֣דH1732 · da.vidDavidעַבְדִּ֔יH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveמִהְיֽוֹת־H1961 · ha.yahto beל֥וֹH9033 · ohimבֵ֖ןH1121 · benson: childמֹלֵ֣ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignעַל־H5921 · aluponכִּסְא֑וֹH3678 · kis.sethroneוְאֶת־H854 · etwithהַלְוִיִּ֥םH3881 · le.viy.yiLeviהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםH3548 · ko.henpriestמְשָׁרְתָֽי׃H8334 · sha.ratto minister
Cross-references
Psalm 89:34My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.2 Chronicles 7:18Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man [to be] ruler in Israel.2 Samuel 23:5Although my house [be] not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all [things], and sure: for [this is] all my salvation, and all [my] desire, although he make [it] not to grow.2 Chronicles 21:7Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.Revelation 5:10And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.Luke 1:32-33He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.Luke 1:69-70And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;Psalm 132:11-12The LORD hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.Jeremiah 33:18Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.Daniel 7:14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed.Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.Psalm 132:17There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.Isaiah 9:6-7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
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