Jeremiah 31:35

Thus 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:

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh addresses the house of Israel and Judah immediately after declaring a new covenant and complete forgiveness of iniquity. He grounds this relational promise in the unshakeable reliability of His creative authority.

The words — חֻקֹּת (chu.Kot) translates literally as "fixed order" or "statutes," establishing the governing pattern of creation. נֹתֵן (no.Ten) means "gives" or "appoints," specifying God's direct provision of the sun for daylight.

The thread — The declaration that God "stirs up the sea so that its waves roar" appears in Isaiah 51:15. The concept of God as the Maker of all things is noted in Jeremiah 10:16. The creation of the great lights is recorded in Psalms 136:7.

Why it lands — The text asserts that the permanence of Israel's national existence is tied to the constancy of celestial and natural order. It requires the reader to recognize that divine promises rest on established, observable creation patterns rather than shifting human circumstances.

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The Hebrew words

כֹּ֣ה׀kohthus אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe says יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahweh נֹתֵ֥ןno.Ten[who] gives שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙she.mesh[the] sun לְא֣וֹרle./'orfor/ light יוֹמָ֔םyo.Mamby day חֻקֹּ֛תchu.Kot[the] fixed order<s> of יָרֵ֥חַya.Re.ach[the] moon וְכוֹכָבִ֖יםve./kho.kha.Vimand/ [the] stars לְא֣וֹרle./'orfor/ light לָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahnight רֹגַ֤עro.Ga'[who] stirs up הַיָּם֙hai./Yamthe/ sea וַיֶּהֱמ֣וּva/i.ye.he.Muand/ they roared גַלָּ֔יוga.La/vwaves/ its יְהוָ֥הYah.weh[is] Yahweh צְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otof hosts שְׁמֽוֹ׃she.M/oname/ his

King James Version

Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:

Cross-references

Isaiah 51:15 For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
Jeremiah 10:16 The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
Psalms 136:7 He made the great lights—His loving devotion endures forever.
Genesis 1:14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
Jeremiah 50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
Deuteronomy 4:19 When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
Isaiah 54:5 For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
Matthew 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Matthew 8:25 The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
Exodus 14:21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,