Jeremiah 33:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אִם־תָּפֵ֙רוּ֙ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֣י הַיּ֔וֹם וְאֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י הַלָּ֑יְלָה וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י הֱי֥וֹת יֽוֹמָם־וָלַ֖יְלָה בְּעִתָּֽם׃

Transliteration

Thus ʾāmar YHWH if tāp̄ērû bərîṯî hayyôm and bərîṯî hallāyəlāh and to not hĕyôṯ yômām-wālayəlāh in ʿittām

Grammar Details

*ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3ms - he said/says
*tāp̄ērû*: hiphil imperfect 2mp - you break
*bərîṯî*: noun fs + 1s suffix - my covenant
*hayyôm*: definite article + noun ms - the day
*hallāyəlāh*: definite article + noun ms - the night
*hĕyôṯ*: qal infinitive construct - to be
*yômām-wālayəlāh*: adverb + waw conjunction + noun ms - day and night
*ʿittām*: noun ms + 3mp suffix - their time

Word Meanings

*tāp̄ērû*: break/annul/frustrate
*bərîṯî*: my covenant/agreement/treaty

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Referenced Verses

Gen 8:22 : 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Ps 89:37 : 37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, And [as] the faithful witness in the sky. {H5542}
Ps 104:19-23 : 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth. 21 The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God. 22 The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.
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 33:25-26 : 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.
Jer 31:35-37 : 35 Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; Jehovah of hosts is his name: 36 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. 37 Thus saith Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.

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