Jeremiah 33:22 (YLT)

Passage

As the host of the heavens is not numbered, Nor the sand of the sea measured, So I multiply the seed of David My servant, And the Levites My ministers.'

Nearby Context

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,

Jeremiah 33:21 Also My covenant is broken with David My servant, So that he hath not a son reigning on his throne, And with the Levites the priests, My ministers.

Jeremiah 33:22 As the host of the heavens is not numbered, Nor the sand of the sea measured, So I multiply the seed of David My servant, And the Levites My ministers.'

Jeremiah 33:23 And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying:

Jeremiah 33:24 `Hast thou not considered what this people have spoken, saying: The two families on which Jehovah fixed, He doth reject them, And my people they despise--So that they are no more a people before them!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "host", "heavens", "numbered", "sand", "measured", "multiply", "seed", and "david". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "host" and "heavens", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "Also My covenant is broken with David..." into verse 23's "And there is a word of Jehovah...", so "host" and "heavens" 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 "host" and "heavens" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.