Jeremiah 33:18

nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses the prophet Jeremiah, immediately following the promise of an unbroken Davidic monarchy, to affirm the perpetual role of the Levitical priesthood.

The words — יִכָּרֵ֥ת (yi.ka.Ret) means it will be cut off, while עוֹלָ֜ה (o.Lah) designates the specific burnt offering the priests will continually present.

The thread — This promise runs parallel to the Davidic throne guarantee in Jeremiah 33:17, aligns with the Levitical inheritance provision in Deuteronomy 18:1, and anticipates the worship restoration detailed in Isaiah 56:7 and Isaiah 61:6.

Why it lands — It requires a reader to accept that God’s ordained channels for leadership and atonement will not be interrupted by historical collapse or human unfaithfulness.

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The Hebrew words

וְלַכֹּהֲנִים֙ve./la./ko.ha.Nimand/ to the/ priests הַלְוִיִּ֔םha/l.vi.Yimthe/ Levites לֹֽא־lo'-not יִכָּרֵ֥תyi.ka.Retit will be cut off אִ֖ישׁ'isha man מִלְּפָנָ֑יmi./le./fa.Na/ifrom/ to/ before/ me מַעֲלֶ֨הma.'a.Leh[who] offers up עוֹלָ֜הo.Laha burnt offering וּמַקְטִ֥ירu./mak.Tirand/ [who] makes smoke מִנְחָ֛הmin.Chaha grain offering וְעֹ֥שֶׂה־ve./'o.seh-and/ [who] makes זֶּ֖בַחZe.vacha sacrifice כָּל־kol-all הַיָּמִֽים׃ סhai./ya.Mimthe/ days

King James Version

Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

Cross-references

Isaiah 56:7 I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
Deuteronomy 18:1 The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance.
Isaiah 61:6 But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
Ezekiel 43:19 You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 44:9 This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.
Ezekiel 45:5 An adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.
Romans 1:21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
Romans 15:16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 13:15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
1 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.