Jeremiah 33:23–26, King James Version
Italic words were supplied in the English translation for clarity.
Jeremiah 33:23–26
The Rejected-Families Claim Is Explicitly Denied
The saying that God has rejected two families is quoted in order to be denied
Hast thou not considered what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
The despised-people rumor is the target. Two families likely points to Israel and Judah, or to the royal and priestly houses just named. Either way, the proverb of rejection is what God refuses.
If day and night fail, then the seed of Jacob and David could be cast off — and they do not fail
Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
The denial forbids supersessionist contempt. It does not remove ethical accountability from any descendant or institution. Mercy on captives is the last move: return, not erasure.
How this should shape us
When someone says God is done with these families, answer with this denial. Honor Jewish continuance; still require justice of every ruler. Replacement theology has to argue with Jeremiah 33, not skip it.
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Best judgment: The denial forbids supersessionist contempt; it does not remove ethical accountability from any descendant or institution.
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Jeremiah 33:23–26, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 33:23–26
Supports: Verse-level controls for Hebrew, syntax, older KJV language, dates, names, textual problems, and material translation alternatives.
Official NET Bible Jeremiah PDF, pp. 1258-1459, translator, study, and textual notes attached to Jeremiah 33:23–26
Supports: Reader-oriented historical, literary, theological, and pastoral synthesis with ancient-to-modern limits.
Enter the Bible Jeremiah course, Outline and Themes: restoration, new covenant, field, Baruch scroll, siege, and fall; applied to Jeremiah 33:23–26
Supports: Current university-level literary-historical synthesis and explicit composition questions.
Yale Bible Study, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, Jeremiah Part 2 study guide, pp. 1-6: prophetic conflict, politics, exile, and restoration; applied to Jeremiah 33:23–26
Supports: Controls anti-Judaism and supersessionism risk, especially readings that detach the new covenant from Israel and Judah.
Fuller, 'Christian Antisemitism in Biblical Studies,' section on Jeremiah 31 and the new covenant, inspected author manuscript; applied to Jeremiah 33:23–26
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Biblical text
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eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 33:23–26, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 33:23–26
Open the fixed Hebrew Jeremiah file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Jeremiah with Translator, Textual, and Study Notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; official eBible PDF distribution, NET Bible Second Edition; official PDF accessed 2026
Supports: Verse-level controls for Hebrew, syntax, older KJV language, dates, names, textual problems, and material translation alternatives.
Exact location: Official NET Bible Jeremiah PDF, pp. 1258-1459, translator, study, and textual notes attached to Jeremiah 33:23–26
Open the official NET Jeremiah PDF ↗modern scholarly book course
Jeremiah: Summary, Outline, Background, Introductory Issues, Themes, and Bible in the World
Terence E. Fretheim and Michael Chan
Enter the Bible, Luther Seminary, current public course accessed 2026
Supports: Reader-oriented historical, literary, theological, and pastoral synthesis with ancient-to-modern limits.
Exact location: Enter the Bible Jeremiah course, Outline and Themes: restoration, new covenant, field, Baruch scroll, siege, and fall; applied to Jeremiah 33:23–26
Open the Enter the Bible Jeremiah course ↗open university study guide series
Jeremiah and Ezekiel: Jeremiah Parts 1-3 Study Guides
Joel S. Baden and Jacqueline Vayntrub
Yale Bible Study, 2024
Supports: Current university-level literary-historical synthesis and explicit composition questions.
Exact location: Yale Bible Study, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, Jeremiah Part 2 study guide, pp. 1-6: prophetic conflict, politics, exile, and restoration; applied to Jeremiah 33:23–26
Open the Yale Jeremiah and Ezekiel course ↗scholarly conference paper
Christian Antisemitism in Biblical Studies: Two Examples
R. Fuller
An End to Antisemitism conference archive, University of Vienna, conference manuscript archived 2018
Supports: Controls anti-Judaism and supersessionism risk, especially readings that detach the new covenant from Israel and Judah.
Exact location: Fuller, 'Christian Antisemitism in Biblical Studies,' section on Jeremiah 31 and the new covenant, inspected author manuscript; applied to Jeremiah 33:23–26
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