Jeremiah 33:17-24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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YHWH's Promise That There Will Always Be A True Son Of David, And A True Priesthood, To Meet The Needs Of His People (Jeremiah 33:17-24).

In a series of three short words from YHWH the guarantee is made to God's people that they will always have a Son of David available to rule over them, and that while offerings and sacrifices are necessary there will always be a legitimate Levitical priesthood. Each ‘word' is introduced by a standard Jeremaic introduction:

· ‘For thus says YHWH' (Jeremiah 33:17).

· ‘And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, saying, thus says YHWH' (Jeremiah 33:19-20 a).

· ‘And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, saying' (Jeremiah 33:23).

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 33:17

Jeremiah 33:17-24

17 For thus saith the LORD; Davida shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

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.