Jeremiah 33:20
Good News Translation
"I have made a covenant with the day and with the night, so that they always come at their proper times; and that covenant can never be broken.

New Revised Standard Version
Thus says the LORD: If any of you could break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night would not come at their appointed time,

Contemporary English Version
I, the LORD, have an agreement with day and night, so they always come at the right time. You can't break the agreement I made with them,

New American Bible
Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant with day and my covenant with night so that day and night no longer appear in their proper time,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord: if my covenant, with the day can be made void, and my covenant with the night, that there should not be day and night in their season:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thus saith the Lord: if my covenant, with the day can be made void, and my covenant with the night, that there should not be day and night in their season:

Jeremiah 33:25,26 Thus saith the Lord. If I have not set my covenant between day and night, and laws to heaven and earth: . . .

See on ch.

Jeremiah 31:35,36 Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the sun for the light of the day, the order of the moon and of the stars, for the light of the night: who stirreth up the sea, and the waves thereof roar, the Lord of hosts is his name. . . .

Genesis 8:22 All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, shall not cease.

Psalm 89:37 And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.

Psalm 104:19-23 He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. . . .

Isaiah 54:9,10 This thing is to me as in the days of Noe, to whom I swore, that I would no more bring in the waters of Noe upon the earth: so have I sworn not to be angry with thee, and not to rebuke thee. . . .

Context
The Covenant with David
19And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying: 20Thus saith the Lord: if my covenant, with the day can be made void, and my covenant with the night, that there should not be day and night in their season:21Also my covenant with David my servant may be made void, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne, and with the Levites and priests my ministers.…
Cross References
Genesis 1:17
And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth.

Genesis 8:22
All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, shall not cease.

Leviticus 26:44
And yet for all that when they were in the land of their enemies, I did not cast them off altogether. Neither did I so despise them that they should be quite consumed: and I should make void my covenant with them. For I am the Lord their God.

Psalm 89:34
Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.

Psalm 89:37
And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.

Psalm 104:19
He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

Psalm 148:6
He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.

Isaiah 54:9
This thing is to me as in the days of Noe, to whom I swore, that I would no more bring in the waters of Noe upon the earth: so have I sworn not to be angry with thee, and not to rebuke thee.

Isaiah 54:10
For the mountains shall be moved, and the hills shall tremble; but my mercy shall not depart from thee, and the covenant of my peace shall not be moved: said the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

Jeremiah 31:35
Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the sun for the light of the day, the order of the moon and of the stars, for the light of the night: who stirreth up the sea, and the waves thereof roar, the Lord of hosts is his name.

Jeremiah 31:36
If these ordinances shall fail before me, saith the Lord: then also the seed of Israel shall fail, so as not to be a nation before me for ever.

Jeremiah 33:19
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:

Jeremiah 33:25
Thus saith the Lord. If I have not set my covenant between day and night, and laws to heaven and earth:

Jeremiah 33:19
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