What Does Jeremiah 33:20 Mean in the King James?
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Day and night are named as a covenant with the LORD, making the rhythm you take for granted a promise that cannot be annulled.
THE MEANING
Day and night arrive in their appointed time under a covenant held by the LORD. Your life unfolds inside a rhythm already given, beyond human power to cancel.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that what the LORD has established can be nullified by human failure.
THE ROOT
תָּפֵרוּ
tāphēru
GROWS FROM
פרר
To break up, frustrate, or make void.
The verb comes from a root whose range includes breaking up, frustrating, and making void. English “break” can sound like a single snap; this root also reveals the attempt to undo or nullify the covenant that carries day and night in their appointed time.
ALSO GROWS
hēphēr: Made void; annulled.
הֵפֵר
This form shows the root’s sense of actively nullifying something, the very possibility the verse raises about the covenant.
huphar: Was made void; was annulled.
הֻפַּר
This form shows the same root from the other side: something made void. The verse sets the covenant of day and night against that possibility.
THE PATTERN
The recurring rhythms of the world are held as divine provision, not left to chance or human control.
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.THE THREAD
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;This verse repeats the same Hebrew word, בְּרִית (berit), “covenant,” and places it beside the appointed order of heaven and earth. Together, the verses show day and night as the recurring witness to a promise.
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