What does Jeremiah 33:22 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"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."
Verse Jeremiah 33:22. _SO WILL I MULTIPLY THE SEED OF DAVID_] This must be understood of the spiritual David, Jesus Christ, and his progeny, genuine Christians. The two families which God chose for th...
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...
THE HOST OF HEAVEN. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 15:3; Genesis 22:17). Compare Jeremiah 31:37. App-92. THE SAND OF THE SEA. Reference to Pentateuch (Gen 13:19)....
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...
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...
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. AS THE HOST OF HEAVEN CANNOT...
1-13. Restoration and honour again promised....
(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...
אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא ־יִסָּפֵר֙ צְבָ֣א הַ שָּׁמַ֔יִם וְ לֹ֥א יִמַּ֖ד חֹ֣ול הַ יָּ֑ם כֵּ֣ן אַרְבֶּ֗ה...
CHAPTER XXXI RESTORATION II THE NEW ISRAEL Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 30:1; Jeremiah 31:1; Jeremiah 33:1 "In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this...
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 a...
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...
There is an omission at the beginning; the particle of comparison is left out, for אשר _asher, _cannot be taken for כאשר _caasher: As the hosts of the heavens cannot be numbered, _nor _the sand of the...
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...
AS THE HOST OF HEAVEN CANNOT BE NUMBERED, NEITHER THE SAND OF THE SEA MEASURED,.... As the stars of heaven are innumerable, and the sand of the sea immeasurable: SO WILL I MULTIPLY THE SEED OF DAVID...
_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._ Ver. 22. _As the host of heav...
_As the host of heaven cannot be numbered_, &c. The former promise respected the stability, this the enlargement of the church, the members of which are here termed _the seed of David_, as they are el...
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...
The former promise was for the stability, this for the multiplication of the church, which is here expressed under the notion of the SEED OF DAVID, that is, the members of Christ: the Jews were ordina...
Jeremiah 33:22 host H6635 heaven H8064 numbered H5608 (H8735) sand H2344 sea H3220 measured H4058 (H8735) multiply H7235 (H8686) descendants H2233 David H1732 servant H5650 Levites H3881 minister H833...
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 o...
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 33:22 Like Abraham’s descendants, the OFFSPRING OF DAVID will be too many to be counted (Genesis 15:1), for there will be many believers in the Messiah. They will share the M...
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:”...
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 p...
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;...
Ezekiel 37:24; Ezekiel 44:15; Genesis 13:16; Genesis 15:5; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 28:14; Hebrews 11:12; Hosea 1:10; Isaiah 53:10; Isa
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 v...
Of David — Christ is himself called David, whose seed and whose Levites are multiplied in the multiplying of Christians and of faithful ministers under the gospel, which are the things here promised....