For the LORD says: “David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Jeremiah 33:17 in context
Jeremiah 33:14–20
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“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.
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“In those days and at that time,
I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David.
He will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
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In those days Judah will be saved,
and Jerusalem will dwell safely.
This is the name by which she will be called:
The LORD our righteousness.”
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For the LORD says: “David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.
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The Levitical priests won’t lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, to burn meal offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.”
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The LORD’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
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“The LORD 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,
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