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“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהIfאִםyou can breakתָּפֵרוּmy covenantאֶת בְּרִיתִיwith the dayהַיּוֹםand my covenantוְאֶת בְּרִיתִיwith the night,הַלָּיְלָהso that there will notוּלְבִלְתִּיbeהֱיוֹתdayיוֹמָםand nightוָלַיְלָהin their time,בְּעִתָּם
Jeremiah 33:20
Study it in the app““Thus says YHWH: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their time,”
God compares his covenant with David to the fixed order of day and nightFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 33:20, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- you can breakתָּפֵרוּtaferu
annul
To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.
Where else “taferu” appears- my covenantבְּרִיתִberiti
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “beriti” appears- with the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- with the nightלָּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- beהֱיוֹתheot
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “heot” appears- dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- in their timeעִתָּita
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “ita” appears
The context
19And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, saying,
20 · This verse (above)
21then also my covenant may be broken with David my servant, so that he will not have a son reigning on his throne, and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers.