Jeremiah 33


Jeremiah 33 is the thirty-third chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It is numbered as Jeremiah 40 in the Septuagint. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.

Text

The original text of this chapter, as with the rest of the Book of Jeremiah, was written in Hebrew language. Since the division of the Bible into chapters and verses in the late medieval period, this chapter is divided into 26 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis. Some fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 4QJerc, with extant verses 16-20, and 4Q252 with the extant verse 17.
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus. The Septuagint version doesn't contain a part what is generally known to be verses 14–26 in Christian Bibles.

Verse numbering

The order of chapters and verses of the Book of Jeremiah in the English Bibles, Masoretic Text, and Vulgate, in some places differs from that in Septuagint according to Rahlfs or Brenton. The following table is taken with minor adjustments from Brenton's Septuagint, page 971.
The order of Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint/Scriptural Study based on Alfred Rahlfs' Septuaginta, differs in some details from Joseph Ziegler's critical edition in Göttingen LXX. Swete's Introduction mostly agrees with Rahlfs' edition.
Hebrew, Vulgate, EnglishRahlfs' LXX
33:1-1340:1-13
33:14-26none
26:1-2433:1-24

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Jeremiah 33 is a part of the "Twelfth prophecy " in the "Consolations " section of Prophecies interwoven with narratives about the prophet's life . : open parashah; : closed parashah.

Structure

The New King James Version divides this chapter into the following sections:
  • = Excellence of the Restored Nation
  • = The Permanence of God's Covenant

    Cross references

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  • Jeremiah 33:16: Jeremiah 23:5, 6

    The LORD promises peace (33:1–13)

Verse 1

The year was 588 BCE.

Verse 2

The Revised Standard Version and other translations explain 'it' as 'the earth', following the Septuagint. Reformation theologian John Calvin argued that 'it' refers to Jerusalem as this verse acts as a preface to verses 4 and 5.
The Latin Vulgate's text has the future tense:
English translation:

Verse 3

  • "Mighty": translated from the Hebrew passive participle or adjective which is normally used to describe cities or walls as "fortified" or "inaccessible"; used here metaphorically as "secret" or “mysterious” things, that Jeremiah could not know apart from the Lord’s revelation.

    The LORD'S eternal covenant with David (33:14–26)

Verse 15

  • "Branch": translated from ; cf. Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 11:1; Jeremiah 23:5; Isaiah 53:2; Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12
  • "Branch of righteousness": refers to "a messianic king of Davidic lineage who would rule according to the divine ideal."

    Verse 16

  • "THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS" : the new name of Jerusalem is the king's name in Jeremiah 23:6.

    Verse 24

The "two kingdoms" or families are generally thought to be Israel the northern kingdom, and Judah the southern kingdom, although in Ronald Knox's translation he suggests that the reference is "probably the tribes of Juda and Benjamin", rather than to Israel and Judah or to Levi and David or Jacob and David, the other possible combinations of families which he considered possible based on the surrounding text.

Jewish

  • Christian

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