Verse Lens · Context pointer
Jeremiah 33:20 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 20. 20Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
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Role in This Section
The scribal narrative or edition-sensitive saying introduces or commands “Thus saith the LORD” at Jeremiah 33:20 as “Day, Night, David, and Levites Form a Covenant Analogy” develops.
Read It With
- Jeremiah 33:19–22
Read Jeremiah 33:20 inside Jeremiah 33:19–22. The scribal narrative or edition-sensitive saying introduces or commands “Thus saith the LORD” at Jeremiah 33:20 as “Day, Night, David, and Levites Form a Covenant Analogy” develops. The complete unit establishes: Creation's dependable sequence supports the promise of abundant Davidic descendants and Levitical ministers.
Why It Needs Context
The scribal narrative or edition-sensitive saying introduces or commands “Thus saith the LORD” at Jeremiah 33:20 as “Day, Night, David, and Levites Form a Covenant Analogy” develops. Its force depends on the complete movement and outcome of Jeremiah 33:19–22; the isolated line is connective rather than a complete teaching claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 33:19–22 — Day, Night, David, and Levites Form a Covenant AnalogySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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 33:19–22, 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 33:19–22
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