Jeremiah 33:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should 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{H8735)} for ever as the moon, and as a faithful{H8737)} witness in heaven. Selah.
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 do creep forth. 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour 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 should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Jer 33:25-26 : 25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
Jer 31:35-37 : 35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: 36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. 37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.

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