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Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/33.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220This is what the LORD says: &#8216If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/33.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD says: If you can break my covenant with the day and the night so that one does not follow the other,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/33.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/33.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/33.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/33.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Thus says the LORD: ‘If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD says: ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night do not occur at their proper time,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/33.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Thus says the LORD, &#8216If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Thus says the LORD, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day, and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Thus says Yahweh, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Thus says the LORD, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night do not take place at their appointed times,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“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 come at their regular time,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220This 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 come at their regular time,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/33.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/33.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I, the LORD, have an agreement with day and night, so they always come at the right time. You can't break the agreement I made with them, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/33.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"This is what the LORD says: Suppose you could break my arrangement with day and night so that they wouldn't come at their proper time. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/33.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"I have made a covenant with the day and with the night, so that they always come at their proper times; and that covenant can never be broken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/33.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"This is what the LORD says: 'If you could break my covenant with the day and night so that day and night wouldn't occur at the proper time,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />“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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/33.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"I, LORD, make the following promise: 'I have made a covenant with the day and with the night that they will always come at their proper times. Only if you people could break that covenant<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Thus says the LORD: 'If you 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/33.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Yahweh says: ‘If you can break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night, so that there will not be day and night in their time, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Thus said YHWH: If you can break My covenant with the day, "" And My covenant with the night, "" So that they are not daily and nightly in their season,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Thus said Jehovah: If ye do break My covenant of the day, And My covenant of the night, So that they are not daily and nightly in their season,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus said Jehovah, If ye shall break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night, and there was not day and night in their season;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord: If my covenant with the day can be made void, and my covenant with the night, that there should not be day and night in their season: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Thus says the Lord: If my covenant with the day is able to be nullified, or my covenant with the night, such that there would be no day and no night in their time,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/33.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant with day and my covenant with night so that day and night no longer appear in their proper time,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD: If any of you could break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night would not come at their appointed time,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD: if they can break my ordinances of the day, and my ordinances of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their appointed time;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Thus says LORD JEHOVAH: “If you are able to nullify my administrations of the day and my administrations of the night, so that there will not be day and night in their times<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD: If ye can break My covenant with the day, And My covenant with the night, So that there should not be day and night in their season;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=10437" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/33.htm">The Covenant with David</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">“This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/6565.htm" title="6565: tā·p̄ê·rū (V-Hifil-Imperf-2mp) -- To break up, to violate, frustrate. A primitive root; to break up">you can break</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rî·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">My covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">with the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rî·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">and My covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: hal·lā·yə·lāh (Art:: N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">with the night,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3119.htm" title="3119: yō·w·mām- (Adv) -- Daytime, by day. From yowm; daily.">so that day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: wā·lay·lāh (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">and night</a> <a href="/hebrew/1115.htm" title="1115: ū·lə·ḇil·tî (Conj-w, Prep-l) -- Constructive feminine of balah; properly, a failure of, i.e. not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.">cease</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hĕ·yō·wṯ (V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">to occupy</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: bə·‘it·tām (Prep-b:: N-csc:: 3mp) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">their appointed time,</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/8-22.htm">Genesis 8:22</a></span><br />As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-34.htm">Psalm 89:34-37</a></span><br />I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips. / Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David— / his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Isaiah 54:9-10</a></span><br />“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. / Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-11.htm">Genesis 9:11-16</a></span><br />And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” / And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: / I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/74-16.htm">Psalm 74:16-17</a></span><br />The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun. / You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-19.htm">Psalm 104:19-23</a></span><br />He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set. / You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl. / The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/38-33.htm">Job 38:33</a></span><br />Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-8.htm">Isaiah 40:8</a></span><br />The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10-11</a></span><br />For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, / so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-6.htm">Malachi 3:6</a></span><br />“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-29.htm">Romans 11:29</a></span><br />For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/6-17.htm">Hebrews 6:17-18</a></span><br />So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath. / Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-17.htm">James 1:17</a></span><br />Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-35.htm">Matthew 24:35</a></span><br />Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-33.htm">Luke 21:33</a></span><br />Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus said the LORD; If you 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;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/33-25.htm">Jeremiah 33:25,26</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant <i>be</i> not with day and night, <i>and if</i> I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; … </p><p class="hdg">See on ch.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/31-35.htm">Jeremiah 31:35,36</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, <i>and</i> the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts <i>is</i> his name: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/8-22.htm">Genesis 8:22</a></b></br> While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/89-37.htm">Psalm 89:37</a></b></br> It shall be established for ever as the moon, and <i>as</i> a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/32-40.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-26.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-28.htm">Break</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-4.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-40.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-8.htm">Daily</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-36.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-35.htm">Night</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-25.htm">Nightly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-12.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Respect</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm">Season</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-15.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/33-21.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-25.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-13.htm">Break</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-21.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-21.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-25.htm">Daily</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-25.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-24.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-25.htm">Night</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-25.htm">Nightly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-22.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-16.htm">Respect</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-26.htm">Season</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-7.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 33</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/33-1.htm">God promises to the captivity a gracious return;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/33-9.htm">a joyful state;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/33-12.htm">a settled government;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/33-15.htm">Christ the branch of righteousness;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/33-17.htm">a continuance of kingdom and priesthood;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/33-19.htm">and a stability of a blessed seed.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/jeremiah/33.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>This is what the LORD says</b><br />This phrase introduces a divine declaration, emphasizing the authority and sovereignty of God. In Hebrew, "LORD" is "YHWH," the sacred name of God, which underscores His eternal and unchanging nature. This introduction sets the stage for a message that is not merely human opinion but a divine pronouncement, demanding attention and reverence.<p><b>If you can break My covenant</b><br />The word "covenant" in Hebrew is "berith," signifying a solemn agreement or promise. Here, God speaks of His covenant as unbreakable by human means. This reflects the biblical theme of God's faithfulness and the assurance that His promises are steadfast. Historically, covenants were binding agreements, often sealed with a ritual, indicating the seriousness of God's commitment to His people.<p><b>with the day and My covenant with the night</b><br />This phrase uses the natural order of day and night as a metaphor for God's unchanging promises. The regularity of day and night is a testament to God's creation and His sustaining power. In Genesis, God established the celestial bodies to govern day and night, symbolizing order and reliability. This imagery reassures believers of the certainty and dependability of God's word.<p><b>so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time</b><br />The phrase "appointed time" suggests a divinely ordained schedule, reflecting God's control over creation. The Hebrew concept of "appointed time" often relates to God's timing and purposes, which are perfect and unalterable. This highlights the impossibility of disrupting God's established order, reinforcing the idea that His promises are as sure as the rising and setting of the sun.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/33.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 20-22.</span> - The constant, regular succession of day and night is an emblem of the equally regular supply of royal descendants of David and of Levitical priests, and the countless grains of sand are symbolic of the wonderful increase of their numbers. At first sight the latter part of the promise seems a little unlike a blessing. But we have seen already (on <a href="/jeremiah/19-3.htm">Jeremiah 19:3</a>) that the members of the various branches of the royal family probably occupied the principal offices of the state, and the prophet imagines the future in forms borrowed from the present. A numerous sacerdotal class seemed equally necessary for the due magnificence of the ritual; and we must remember that preternatural fertility of the soil was a standing element of Messianic descriptions. The expressions used are, no doubt, hyperbolical, but the meaning seems clear enough. (Hengstenberg's notion, that the prophet rather indicates the abolition of the royal and sacerdotal distinctions (comp. <a href="/exodus/19-6.htm">Exodus 19:6</a>), is surely very far fetched.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“This is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֚ה</span> <span class="translit">(kōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you can break</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּפֵ֙רוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(tā·p̄ê·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6565.htm">Strong's 6565: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break up, to violate, frustrate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My covenant</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִיתִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rî·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with the day</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיּ֔וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and My covenant</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִיתִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rî·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with the night,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלָּ֑יְלָה</span> <span class="translit">(hal·lā·yə·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> </span><span class="str2">A twist, night, adversity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that day</span><br /><span class="heb">יֽוֹמָם־</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·mām-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3119.htm">Strong's 3119: </a> </span><span class="str2">Daytime, by day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and night</span><br /><span class="heb">וָלַ֖יְלָה</span> <span class="translit">(wā·lay·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> </span><span class="str2">A twist, night, adversity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cease</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·ḇil·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1115.htm">Strong's 1115: </a> </span><span class="str2">A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to occupy</span><br /><span class="heb">הֱי֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(hĕ·yō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their appointed time,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעִתָּֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘it·tām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Time, now, when</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Jeremiah 33:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Jeremiah 33:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Jeremiah 33:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Jeremiah 33:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Jeremiah 33:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Jeremiah 33:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Jeremiah 33:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Jeremiah 33:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Jeremiah 33:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Jeremiah 33:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/33-20.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 33:20 Thus says Yahweh: If you can break (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/33-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 33:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 33:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/33-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 33:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 33:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>