Jeremiah 33:19 (WEB)

Passage

Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 33:17 For Yahweh says: “David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.

Jeremiah 33:18 The priests the Levites won’t lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, to burn meal offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.”

Jeremiah 33:19 Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,

Jeremiah 33:20 “Yahweh says: ‘If you can break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night, so that there will not be day and night in their time;

Jeremiah 33:21 then may my covenant also be broken with David my servant, that he won’t have a son to reign on his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "word", "came", "jeremiah", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "word", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "The priests the Levites won t lack..." into verse 20's "Yahweh says If you can break my...", so "yahweh" and "word" 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 "yahweh" and "word" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.