Jeremiah 33:22 “As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seasho…”

Jeremiah 33:22

As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

World English Bible

As the army of the sky can’t be counted, and the sand of the sea can’t be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant and the Levites who minister to me.’”

American Standard Version

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

Geneva Bible 1599

As the army of heauen can not be nombred, neither the sand of the sea measured: so wil I multiplie the seede of Dauid my seruant, and the Leuites, that minister vnto me.

Darby Translation

As the host of the heavens cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

Young's Literal Translation

As the host of the heavens is not numbered, Nor the sand of the sea measured, So I multiply the seed of David My servant, And the Levites My ministers.'

Bible in Basic English

As it is not possible for the army of heaven to be numbered, or the sand of the sea measured, so will I make the seed of my servant David, and the Levites my servants.

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Cross references

“the host”

Genesis 22:17 Genesis 15:5 Hebrews 11:12 Jeremiah 31:37 Genesis 13:16 Genesis 28:14

Genesis 22:17 · BSB

I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

Genesis 15:5 · BSB

And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

Hebrews 11:12 · BSB

And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Jeremiah 31:37 · BSB

This 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.

Genesis 13:16 · BSB

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 28:14 · BSB

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

“so”

Ezekiel 37:24–27 Psalm 22:30 Psalm 89:29 Isaiah 53:10–12 Zechariah 12:8 Psalm 89:3

Ezekiel 37:24–27 · BSB

My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.

Psalm 22:30 · BSB

Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.

Psalm 89:29 · BSB

I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

Isaiah 53:10–12 · BSB

Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His h…

Zechariah 12:8 · BSB

On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

Psalm 89:3 · BSB

You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

“the Levites”

Isaiah 66:21 Ezekiel 44:15

Isaiah 66:21 · BSB

“And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD.

Ezekiel 44:15 · BSB

But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and…

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

In context

21then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.

23Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

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