Jeremiah 33:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּם־בְּרִיתִ֤י תֻפַר֙ אֶת־דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדִּ֔י מִהְיֽוֹת־ל֥וֹ בֵ֖ן מֹלֵ֣ךְ עַל־כִּסְא֑וֹ וְאֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֥ם הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים מְשָׁרְתָֽי׃

Transliteration

Also bərîṯî ṯup̄ar with dāwiḏ ʿaḇdî from mihyôṯ-to him bēn mōlēḵ upon kisʾô and with haləwiyyîm hakkōhănîm məšārəṯāy

Grammar Details

*bərîṯî*: noun fs + 1s suffix - my covenant
*ṯup̄ar*: hophal imperfect 3fs - it will be broken
*ʿaḇdî*: noun ms + 1s suffix - my servant
*mihyôṯ*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - from being
*bēn*: noun ms - son
*mōlēḵ*: qal participle ms - reigning
*kisʾô*: noun ms + 3ms suffix - his throne
*haləwiyyîm*: definite article + proper noun mp - the Levites
*hakkōhănîm*: definite article + noun mp - the priests
*məšārəṯāy*: piel participle mp + 1s suffix - my ministers

Word Meanings

*ṯup̄ar*: be broken/violated/made void
*mōlēḵ*: reigning/ruling/king
*məšārəṯāy*: my ministers/servants/attendants

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Referenced Verses

Ps 89:34 : 34 My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
2 Chr 7:18 : 18 then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
2 Chr 21:7 : 7 Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway.
2 Sam 23:5 : 5 Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, Although he maketh it not to grow.
Ps 132:11-12 : 11 Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 12 If thy children will keep my covenant And my testimony that I shall teach them, Their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.
Ps 132:17 : 17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Jer 33:18 : 18 neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
Dan 7:14 : 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Luke 1:32-33 : 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Luke 1:69-70 : 69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of his servant David 70 (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),
Rev 5:10 : 10 and madest them [to be] unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Jer 33:17-20
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17For thus saith Jehovah: David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
18neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
19And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, saying,
20Thus 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;
Jer 33:22-23
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22As 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.
23And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying,
Jer 33:25-26
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25Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night [stand] not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
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33But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
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35Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
36His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.
2 Chr 7:18
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18then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
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36If these ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
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1 Kgs 11:11-12
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11Wherefore Jehovah said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
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Jer 31:32
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1 Kgs 11:34
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1 Chr 17:13
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2 Chr 23:3
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1 Kgs 2:4
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Lev 26:15
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