Jeremiah 33:18 (YLT)

Passage

And to the priests--the Levites, Not cut off from before Me is one, Causing a burnt-offering to ascend, And perfuming a present, and making sacrifice--all the days.'

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 33:16 In those days is Judah saved, And Jerusalem doth dwell confidently, And this <FI>is<Fi> he whom Jehovah proclaimeth to her: `Our Righteousness.'

Jeremiah 33:17 For thus said Jehovah: `Not cut off to David is one sitting on the throne of the house of Israel,

Jeremiah 33:18 And to the priests--the Levites, Not cut off from before Me is one, Causing a burnt-offering to ascend, And perfuming a present, and making sacrifice--all the days.'

Jeremiah 33:19 And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,

Jeremiah 33:20 `Thus said Jehovah: If ye do break My covenant of the day, And My covenant of the night, So that they are not daily and nightly in their season,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "priests--the", "levites", "before", "causing", "burnt-offering", "ascend", "perfuming", and "present". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "priests--the" and "levites", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "For thus said Jehovah Not cut off..." into verse 19's "And there is a word of Jehovah...", so "priests--the" and "levites" 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 "priests--the" and "levites" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.