Jeremiah 33:25

This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh speaks through Jeremiah to a despairing Judah claiming He has abandoned the chosen families. This declaration addresses their doubt during a period of national collapse and captivity.

The words — בְרִיתִי (beriti) means "My covenant," and יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה (yomam wa-laylah) translates literally as "daytime and night." These terms anchor the divine promise in the observable, unbroken rhythm of creation.

The thread — The linkage between divine covenants and cosmic order appears in Psalm 74:16 and Jeremiah 31:35. Jeremiah 33:20 immediately precedes this verse by framing the day and night as a breakable covenant that God will never break.

Why it lands — The text demands a reader accept that God’s commitment to His people is logically inseparable from His commitment to the natural world. Rejecting Israel would require dismantling the established order of heaven and earth.

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The Hebrew words

כֹּ֚הkohthus אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe says יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh אִם־'im-if לֹ֥אlo'not בְרִיתִ֖יve.ri.T/icovenant of/ my יוֹמָ֣םyo.Mamdaytime וָלָ֑יְלָהva./La.ye.lahand/ night חֻקּ֛וֹתchu.Kot[the] fixed order<s> of שָׁמַ֥יִםsha.Ma.yimheaven וָאָ֖רֶץva./'A.retzand/ earth לֹא־lo'-not שָֽׂמְתִּי׃Sa.me.tiI have ordained

King James Version

Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

Cross-references

Psalms 74:16 The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
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:
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 104:19 He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
Genesis 8:22 As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
Genesis 9:9 “Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,