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New King James Version

Jeremiah 31:36

"If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the LORD, Then the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation before Me forever."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Astronomy;   God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Moon, the;   Stars, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Building;   Day;   Ezekiel, Theology of;   Offerings and Sacrifices;   Promise;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Death;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - God;   New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
If this fixed order departs from before me—
Hebrew Names Version
If these ordinances depart from before me, says the LORD, then the seed of Yisra'el also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
King James Version
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord , then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
English Standard Version
"If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the Lord , then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever."
New American Standard Bible
"If this fixed order departs From Me," declares the LORD, "Then the descendants of Israel also will cease To be a nation before Me forever."
New Century Version
"Only if these laws should ever fail," says the Lord , "will Israel's descendants ever stop being a nation before me."
Amplified Bible
"If this fixed order departs From before Me," says the LORD, "Then the descendants of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever."
World English Bible
If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
Geneva Bible (1587)
If these ordinances depart out of my sight, saith the Lorde, then shall the seede of Israel cease from being a nation before me, for euer.
Legacy Standard Bible
"If these statutes are removedFrom before Me," declares Yahweh,"Then the seed of Israel also will ceaseFrom being a nation before Me forever."
Berean Standard Bible
"Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel's descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me."
Contemporary English Version
I will never forget to give those commands, and I will never let Israel stop being a nation. I, the Lord , have spoken.
Complete Jewish Bible
This is what Adonai says: "If the sky above can be measured and the foundations of the earth be fathomed, then I will reject all the offspring of Isra'el for all that they have done," says Adonai .
Darby Translation
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
Easy-to-Read Version
"The descendants of Israel will never stop being a nation. That would happen only if I lost control of the sun, moon, stars, and sea."
George Lamsa Translation
If those ordinances depart from before me, says the LORD, then the descendants of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
Good News Translation
He promises that as long as the natural order lasts, so long will Israel be a nation.
Lexham English Bible
"If these rules would cease from before me," declares Yahweh, "also the offspring of Israel would cease from being a nation before me forever."
Literal Translation
If these ordinances depart from before Me, says Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me forever.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Like as this ordinaunce shal neuer be taken out of my sight, saieth the LORDE: So shal the sede of Israel neuer ceasse, but all waye be a people before me.
American Standard Version
If these ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
Bible in Basic English
If the order of these things before me is ever broken, says the Lord, then will the seed of Israel come to an end as a nation before me for ever.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus saith the LORD: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for euer.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Like as this ordinaunce shall neuer be taken out of my sight, saith the Lord: so shall the seede of Israel neuer ceasse, but alway be a people before me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Therefore the heart of Moab shall sound as pipes, my heart shall sound as a pipe for the shorn men; forasmuch as what every man has gained has perished from him.
English Revised Version
If these ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If these lawis failen bifore me, seith the Lord, thanne and the seed of Israel schal faile, that it be not a folk bifore me in alle daies.
Update Bible Version
If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
Webster's Bible Translation
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, [then] the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
New English Translation
The Lord affirms, "The descendants of Israel will not cease forever to be a nation in my sight. That could only happen if the fixed ordering of the heavenly lights were to cease to operate before me."
New Living Translation
"I am as likely to reject my people Israel as I am to abolish the laws of nature!"
New Life Bible
"If these laws change before Me, then the children of Israel will stop being a nation before Me forever."
New Revised Standard
If this fixed order were ever to cease from my presence, says the Lord , then also the offspring of Israel would cease to be a nation before me forever.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If these ordinances depart from before me, Declareth Yahweh, - the seed of Israel also, may cease from being a nation before me, all the days,
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
"If this fixed order departs from before me, says the LORD, then shall the descendants of Israel cease from being a nation before me for ever."
Young's Literal Translation
If these statutes depart from before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, Even the seed of Israel doth cease From being a nation before Me all the days.
THE MESSAGE
"If this ordered cosmos ever fell to pieces, fell into chaos before me"— God 's Decree— "Then and only then might Israel fall apart and disappear as a nation before me."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If this fixed order departs From before Me," declares the LORD, "Then the offspring of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever."

Contextual Overview

35 Thus says the LORD, Who gives the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar (The LORD of hosts is His name): 36 "If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the LORD, Then the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation before Me forever." 37 Thus says the LORD: "If heaven above can be measured, And the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel For all that they have done, says the LORD. 38 "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that the city shall be built for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. 39 The surveyor's line shall again extend straight forward over the hill Gareb; then it shall turn toward Goath. 40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD. It shall not be plucked up or thrown down anymore forever."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

those: Jeremiah 33:20-26, Psalms 72:5, Psalms 72:17, Psalms 89:36, Psalms 89:37, Psalms 102:28, Psalms 119:89, Psalms 148:6, Isaiah 54:9, Isaiah 54:10

cease: Jeremiah 46:28, Deuteronomy 32:26, Amos 9:8, Amos 9:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 9:9 - General 2 Kings 17:20 - all the seed Job 38:33 - the ordinances Psalms 83:4 - General Isaiah 11:11 - set his hand Isaiah 65:9 - I will Jeremiah 33:25 - and if Jeremiah 48:2 - come Matthew 24:35 - Heaven Romans 11:1 - Hath God

Cross-References

Genesis 30:2
And Jacob's anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
Genesis 31:19
Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the household idols that were her father's.
Genesis 31:20
And Jacob stole away, unknown to Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee.
Genesis 34:7
And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, a thing which ought not to be done.
Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob And scatter them in Israel.
Numbers 16:15
Then Moses was very angry, and said to the LORD, "Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them."
2 Kings 5:11
But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, "Indeed, I said to myself, "He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.'
2 Kings 13:19
And the man of God was angry with him, and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! But now you will strike Syria only three times."
Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion.
Mark 3:5
And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other. [fn]

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord,.... Of the sun, moon, and stars; should these leave their proper course, and not perform their several functions, or do the service appointed for them; should they desert their master, or disobey his orders, turn away from him, and pay no regard to the laws and rules he has set them:

[then] the seed of Israel shall also cease from being a nation before me for ever; but, as the former is impossible, so is the latter, The Jews ceased not from being a nation through their captivity in Babylon, nor through their destruction by the Romans; they continue a distinct nation and people to this day, though scattered throughout the nations of the world: though this rather refers to the spiritual Israel, the holy nation and peculiar people; Christ will have a seed to serve him as long as the sun and moon endure; his church shall continue to the end of the world; it is built on a rock; and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If those - If these. From the uniformity of God’s operations in the material world, the prophet deduces the certainty of a similar uniformity in God’s dealings with man in things spiritual.

A nation - A people. Israel has long ceased to be a nation, but it still exists as a numerous, influential, and distinct people. In Matthew 28:19-20 Jeremiah’s prophecy receives its Christian application, and Israel becomes the Church, with the promise of perpetual existence. It has no national existence, but its members ought to be a strongly marked people, refusing to be merged in the world, while everywhere they pervade and influence it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 31:36. If those ordinances — As sure as the sun shall give light to the day, and the moon to the night, so surely shall the Jews continue to be a distinct people. The same thing is expressed in other words in the next verse. Hitherto this prophecy has been literally fulfilled; the Jews are still a distinct people from all the dwellers upon earth. Every attempt that has been made in any country to naturalize and unite them with the people of that country, has proved abortive. The well-circumstanced attempt made this year (1830) in England, when the strongest interest was excited in their behalf, has also utterly failed. And why? Because of God's purpose expressed in Jeremiah 31:35-37 of the BOOK of the Prophet JEREMIAH.


 
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