Jeremiah 33:19-21
Context33:19 The Lord spoke further to Jeremiah. 1 33:20 “I, Lord, make the following promise: 2 ‘I have made a covenant with the day 3 and with the night that they will always come at their proper times. Only if you people 4 could break that covenant 33:21 could my covenant with my servant David and my covenant with the Levites ever be broken. So David will by all means always have a descendant to occupy his throne as king and the Levites will by all means always have priests who will minister before me. 5
[33:19] 1 tn Heb “And the word of the
[33:20] 2 tn Heb “Thus says the
[33:20] 3 tn The word יוֹמָם (yomam) is normally an adverb meaning “daytime, by day, daily.” However, here and in v. 25 and in Jer 15:9 it means “day, daytime” (cf. BDB 401 s.v. יוֹמָם 1).
[33:20] 4 tn Heb “you.” The pronoun is plural as in 32:36, 43; 33:10.
[33:21] 5 tn The very complex and elliptical syntax of the original Hebrew of vv. 20-21 has been broken down to better conform with contemporary English style. The text reads somewhat literally (after the addition of a couple of phrases which have been left out by ellipsis): “Thus says the