Jeremiah 33:21 (WEB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Jeremiah 33:22 As the army of the sky can’t be counted, and the sand of the sea can’t be measured; so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant and the Levites who minister to me.’”

Jeremiah 33:23 Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "covenant", "broken", "david", "servant", "reign", "throne", "levites", and "priests". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "covenant" and "broken", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "Yahweh says If you can break my..." into verse 22's "As the army of the sky can...", so "covenant" and "broken" 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 "covenant" and "broken" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.