And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah For the further explanation and confirmation of what is before said; and which came at the same time as the other; this being not a new prophecy, but an illustration of the former: saying; as follows:
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For this is what the LORD says: David will have a descendant sitting on the throne of Israel forever.
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And there will always be Levitical priests to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings and sacrifices to me.”
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Then this message came to Jeremiah from the LORD :
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“This is what the LORD says: If you can break my covenant with the day and the night so that one does not follow the other,
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only then will my covenant with my servant David be broken. Only then will he no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne. The same is true for my covenant with the Levitical priests who minister before me.