Jeremiah 31:36 ““Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD…”

Jeremiah 31:36

“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

“If these ordinances depart from before me,” says the LORD, “then the offspring of Israel also will cease from being a nation before me forever.”

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

If these ordinances depart out of my sight, saith the Lord, then shall the seede of Israel cease from being a nation before me, for euer.

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.

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.

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.

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Cross references

“those”

Jeremiah 33:20–26 Psalm 148:6 Psalm 72:5 Psalm 72:17 Psalm 102:28 Psalm 119:89

Jeremiah 33:20–26 · BSB

“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,

Psalm 148:6 · BSB

He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.

Psalm 72:5 · BSB

May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.

Psalm 72:17 · BSB

May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.

Psalm 102:28 · BSB

The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”

Psalm 119:89 · BSB

Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.

“cease”

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

Jeremiah 46:28 · BSB

And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline y…

Deuteronomy 32:26 · BSB

I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

Amos 9:8 · BSB

Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.

Amos 9:9 · BSB

“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

35Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:

37This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.

Read Jeremiah 31