Bible Strands
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
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks through Jeremiah to Israel, using the established cosmic order as a rhetorical benchmark for His covenant promise.
The words — חֻקִּים (chu.Kim) refers to the fixed decrees or ordinances of creation, and יָמֻשׁוּ (ya.Mu.shu) means they will depart or be removed from before Him.
The thread — This covenant logic appears in Jeremiah 33:20, Psalm 89:36, and Isaiah 54:9, each tying national permanence to an unbreakable cosmic or flood covenant.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to accept that Israel’s continued existence as a nation is guaranteed by the same absolute stability that governs the heavens and earth.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Psalms 89:36 his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
- Isaiah 54:9 “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
- Jeremiah 33:20 “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,
- Psalms 148:6 He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
- Deuteronomy 32:26 I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
- Psalms 72:5 May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
- Psalms 72:17 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.
- Psalms 102:28 The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
- Psalms 119:89 Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
- Jeremiah 46:28 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 you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”