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Jeremiah 31:36

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31:36The Lord affirms,85 “The descendants of Israel will not

cease forever to be a nation in my sight.

That could only happen if the fixed ordering of the heavenly lights

were to cease to operate before me.”86

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Footnotes

  1. 85 Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”
  2. 86 Heb “ ‘If these fixed orderings were to fail to be present before me,’ oracle of the Lord, ‘then the seed of Israel could cease from being a nation before me forever (or more literally, “all the days”).’ ” The sentence has been broken up to conform more to modern style. The connection has been maintained by reversing the order of condition and consequence and still retaining the condition in the second clause. For the meaning of “cease to operate” for the verb מוּשׁ (mush) compare the usage in Isa 54:10; Ps 55:11 (55:12 ); Prov 17:13 where what is usually applied to persons or things is applied to abstract things like this (see II מוּשׁ Qal for general usage).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“If this fixed order departs

from before me, declares the Lord,

then shall the offspring of Israel cease

from being a nation before me forever.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,”

declares the Lord,

“will Israel ever cease

being a nation before me.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If this fixed order departs from before me—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

only then will Israel’s descendants cease

to be a nation before me forever.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I am as likely to reject my people Israel

as I am to abolish the laws of nature!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“If these rules would cease from before me,” declares Yahweh, “also the offspring of Israel would cease from being a nation before me forever.”

KJV 1900King 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.