Jeremiah 33:19-26
“Thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel.”
King James Version
God stakes the Davidic and levitical covenants on the cosmos itself: only 'if ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night' can David lack a son to reign. Answering those who said 'the two families… he hath even cast them off,' God declares Israel's rejection as impossible as cancelling sunrise.
Fulfillment References
Luke 1:32-33 Romans 11:1-2 Genesis 8:22
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe sun still rises — therefore David's Son still reigns. The everlasting throne pledged here is occupied by Jesus, and the same day-and-night oath guarantees Israel is not cast off.
JewishA cornerstone anti-supersessionist text within Scripture itself: the seed of Jacob is as permanent as the created order.
CatholicGod's fidelity to Israel and to David's line is irrevocable (cf. Rom. 11:29); the Church reads its own security in the same oath.
ProtestantPaul's 'Hath God cast away his people? God forbid' (Rom. 11:1) answers exactly the taunt quoted in v.24 — the NT argues from this oracle's logic.
AcademicThe oracle responds to a quoted contemporary skepticism (v.24) — rare direct evidence of exilic debate about covenant failure; the creation-covenant analogy echoes Gen. 8:22.
Scholarship & Sources
Romans 11's argument tracks this passage's logic; on the creation-oath form see Lundbom (Jeremiah 21-36, AB).
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