Jeremiah 31:36 (LSB)

Passage

“If these statutes are removed From before Me,” declares Yahweh, “Then the seed of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever.”

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 31:34 And they will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares Yahweh, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

Jeremiah 31:35 Thus says Yahweh, Who gives the sun for light by day And the statutes for the moon and the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; Yahweh of hosts is His name:

Jeremiah 31:36 “If these statutes are removed From before Me,” declares Yahweh, “Then the seed of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever.”

Jeremiah 31:37 Thus says Yahweh, “If the heavens above can be measured And the foundations of the earth searched out below, Then I will also reject all the seed of Israel For all that they have done,” declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah 31:38 “Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when the city will be rebuilt for Yahweh from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "statutes", "removed", "before", "declares", "yahweh", "seed", "israel", and "cease". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "statutes" and "removed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "Thus says Yahweh Who gives the sun..." into verse 37's "Thus says Yahweh If the heavens above...", so "statutes" and "removed" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "statutes" and "removed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.