Jeremiah 31:36

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If these ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־יָמֻ֜שׁוּ הַחֻקִּ֥ים הָאֵ֛לֶּה מִלְּפָנַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה גַּם֩ זֶ֨רַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל יִשְׁבְּת֗וּ מִֽהְי֥וֹת גּ֛וֹי לְפָנַ֖י כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃

Transliteration

If-yāmušû the ḥuqqîm these from before me, nᵊʾum-YHWH, also zeraʿ Yiśrāʾēl yišbᵊtû from mihyôt gôy before me all-the yāmîm.

Grammar Details

*yāmušû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will depart/cease
*ḥuqqîm*: noun, masculine, plural - statutes/ordinances
*nᵊʾum*: construct state noun - utterance/declaration of
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*zeraʿ*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - seed/offspring of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*yišbᵊtû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will cease
*mihyôt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - from being
*gôy*: noun, masculine, singular - nation
*yāmîm*: noun, masculine, plural - days

Word Meanings

*yāmušû*: they will depart/cease/be removed
*ḥuqqîm*: statutes/ordinances/decrees/prescribed limits
*zeraʿ*: seed/offspring/descendants/posterity
*yišbᵊtû*: they will cease/stop/be discontinued
*gôy*: nation/people/heathen

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Referenced Verses

Isa 54:9-9 : 9 For this is [as] the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. 10 For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.
Jer 33:20-26 : 20 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; 21 then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall 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 And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah did choose, he hath cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night [stand] not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.
Ps 148:6 : 6 He hath also established them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass away.
Ps 89:36-37 : 36 His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, And [as] the faithful witness in the sky. {H5542}
Amos 9:8-9 : 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; save that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith Jehovah. 9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as [grain] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth.
Jer 46:28 : 28 Fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; for I am with thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee; but I will not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.
Ps 102:28 : 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.
Ps 119:89 : 89 LAMEDH. For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven.
Deut 32:26 : 26 I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
Ps 72:5 : 5 They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, And so long as the moon, throughout all generations.
Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy.

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