Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 33:21,22
This promise also has been not literally, but spiritually fulfilled, for in this sense only have the seed of David and the Levites been multiplied.
This promise also has been not literally, but spiritually fulfilled, for in this sense only have the seed of David and the Levites been multiplied.
CHAPTER 33 New Message of Restoration and Blessing _ 1. The call to pray and Jerusalem's overthrow (Jeremiah 33:1) _ 2. Future blessing and glory (Jeremiah 33:6) 3. The Branch of Righteousness; Je...
JEREMIAH 33. PROMISES OF RESTORATION. There may be a Jeremianic nucleus in the first half of the chapter, but Jeremiah 33:14, being imitative, and omitted by LXX, is probably late. Yahweh the Restorer...
MY COVENANT... WITH DAVID. Wholly unconditional. Compare 2 Samuel 7:12, &c. Compare Psalms 89:3; Psalms 89:4; Psalms 89:20, and...
See 2 Samuel 7:12-16....
See introd. summary to the section. This portion of the ch. is clearly later than Jeremiah's time. The expression "Levitical priests" (see on Jeremiah 33:18) is not one which he uses elsewhere. Moreov...
God's Covenant is as certain in its working as the ordinances of nature. Cp. Psalms 89:34 ff....
3. _Special promises_ (Jeremiah 33:14-26) TRANSLATION (14) Behold, days are coming (oracle of the LORD) when I will fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the ho...
_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._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
1-13. Restoration and honour again promised....
For the covenant with David's line see 2 Samuel 7:12., and for that with the Levites (in the person of Phinehas) Numbers 25:18....
(19-22) AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO JEREMIAH, SAYING... — The new introduction here and in Jeremiah 33:23 indicates a fresh message borne in on the prophet’s mind after an interval of time. In...
גַּם ־בְּרִיתִ֤י תֻפַר֙ אֶת ־דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדִּ֔י...
CHAPTER XXXI RESTORATION II THE NEW ISRAEL Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 30:1; Jeremiah 31:1;...
Following the story of the purchase of the field in Anathoth, with its signification, is a song of the ultimate restoration therein foretold. The song first celebrates the restoration of the people an...
_Ministers. The promise in not conditional, but as unchangeable as the course of the seasons. (Calmet)_...
We have here two short, but sweet Sermons of the Prophet, and both to the same amount, by way of confirming the word. The Lord appeals to his original Covenant made after the flood, by way of assuring...
Hence he says, _There shall be abolished my covenant with David my servant, that he should not be my son, _etc. He repeats what he had said, even that it could not be but that the posterity of David s...
Chapter 33 repeats with ample and rich abundance the testimony to these blessings, and dwells particularly on the presence of the Messiah; it announces that the branch of righteousness shall grow up u...
[THEN] MAY ALSO MY COVENANT BE BROKEN WITH DAVID MY SERVANT,.... A type of the Messiah, with whom the covenant of grace is made, stands fast, and will never be broken; see Psalms 89:3; for, as the oth...
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. Ver. 21. _Then may...
_If you can break my covenant of the day and of the night_ Called the _ordinances_ of the day and night, Jeremiah 31:35. _Then may also my covenant be broken with David and with the Levites_ A promise...
then may also My covenant be broken with David, My servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne, 2 Samuel 7:12, AND WITH THE LEVITES THE PRIESTS, MY MINISTERS. The Lord would break...
THE GLORY OF THE FUTURE...
14-26 To crown the blessings God has in store, here is a promise of the Messiah. He imparts righteousness to his church, for he is made of God to us righteousness; and believers are made the righteou...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Jeremiah 33:21 covenant H1285 broken H6565 (H8714) David H1732 servant H5650 son H1121 reign H4427 (H8802) thro
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). In a series of three short words from YHWH the guarantee is made...
YHWH'S COVENANT WITH DAVID AND WITH THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD IS AS CERTAIN AS HIS COVENANT OF DAY AND NIGHT (JEREMIAH 33:19). Jeremiah 33:19 ‘And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, saying,' The int...
YHWH PROMISES THAT IN ‘THE DAYS THAT ARE COMING' BOTH HIS CHOSEN (DAVIDIC) KINGSHIP AND HIS GOD-APPOINTED (LEVITICAL) PRIESTHOOD WILL BE MAINTAINED SO AS TO WATCH OVER HIS PEOPLE'S FUTURE (JEREMIAH 33...
SUB-PART B. YHWH PROMISES THE RESTORATION OF THE DAVIDIC MONARCHY AND THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD (JEREMIAH 33:1). The passage commences with, ‘Moreover the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah the second time...
Jeremiah 33:15. _In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land._ In the latter days, at...
CONTENTS: Prophecy concering the Davidic kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: The Davidic covenant will in God's own time be literally fulfilled, to the great joy of the remnant of...
Jeremiah 33:3. _Call to me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things._ What a gracious promise in the time of war and siege, and impending extremities. God even now would have del...
_If ye can break My covenant of the day, and My covenant of the night. .. Then may also My covenant be broken with David My servant._ GOD’S GREAT DAY-AND-NIGHT ENGINE, AS A WITNESS AGAINST SKEPTICISM...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 33:19 See Jeremiah 31:35. Like the new covenant, God’s COVENANT WITH DAVID and Levi will endure forever. This does not contradict
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—This chapter is in date and subject essentially linked to chapter 32. For Notes, therefore, see previous chapter. LITERARY CRITICISMS.— Jeremiah 33:3. “MIGHTY THINGS:” a...
EXPOSITION A chapter of promises, having reference, first, to the people and kingdom in general (Jeremiah 33:4), and then to the royal and priestly offices in particular (Jeremiah 33:14). The first pa...
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Thus saith the LORD the maker, the LORD that formed it, to establish it;...
2 Chronicles 21:7; 2 Chronicles 7:18; 2 Samuel 23:5; Daniel 7:14;...
THE GLORIOUS FUTURE OF ISRAEL Jeremiah 33:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening verse of our study says, "Moreover the Word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time." This second vision was the vi...