Jeremiah 33:24 (WEB)

Passage

“Don’t consider what this people has spoken, saying, ‘Has Yahweh cast off the two families which he chose?’ Thus they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.”

Nearby Context

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,

Jeremiah 33:24 “Don’t consider what this people has spoken, saying, ‘Has Yahweh cast off the two families which he chose?’ Thus they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.”

Jeremiah 33:25 Yahweh says: “If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

Jeremiah 33:26 then I will also cast away the offspring of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his offspring to be rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to be reversed and will have mercy on them.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "consider", "people", "spoken", "saying", "yahweh", "cast", "families", and "chose". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "consider" and "people", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "Yahweh s word came to Jeremiah saying..." into verse 25's "Yahweh says If my covenant of day...", so "consider" and "people" 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 "consider" and "people" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.