Jeremiah 31 · Verse 36

Jeremiah 31:36

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.
Jeremiah 31:36, King James Version

Jeremiah 31:36 in other translations

BSB“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”
WEB“If these ordinances depart from before me,” says the LORD, “then the offspring of Israel also will cease from being a nation before me forever.”
ASVIf these ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
YLTIf these statutes depart from before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, Even the seed of Israel doth cease From being a nation before Me all the days.
DARBYIf those ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
BBEIf the order of these things before me is ever broken, says the Lord, then will the seed of Israel come to an end as a nation before me for ever.
WebsterIf 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.

What does Jeremiah 31:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
36. a nation--Israel's national polity has been broken up by the Romans. But their preservation as a distinct people amidst violent persecutions, though scattered among all nations for eighteen centuries, unamalgamated, whereas all other peoples under such circumstances have become incorporated with the nations in which they have been dispersed, is a perpetual standing miracle (compare Jr 33:20; Psa 148:6; Is 54:9, 10).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 If those ordinances - As sure as the sun shall give light to the day, and the moon to the night, so surely shall the Jews continue to be a distinct people. The same thing is expressed in other words in the next verse. Hitherto this prophecy has been literally fulfilled; the Jews are still a distinct people from all the dwellers upon earth. Every attempt that has been made in any country to naturalize and unite them with the people of that country, has proved abortive. The well-circumstanced attempt made this year (1830) in England, when the strongest interest was excited in their behalf, has also utterly failed. And why? Because of God's purpose expressed in Jer 31:35-37 of the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 31:35-40

As surely as the heavenly bodies will continue their settled course, according to the will of their Creator, to the end of time, and as the raging sea obeys him, so surely will the Jews be continued a separate people. Words can scarcely set forth more strongly the restoration of Israel. The rebuilding of Jerusalem, and its enlargement and establishment, shall be an earnest of the great things God will do for the…

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Jeremiah 31:36 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אִם\־'im-ifH518
יָמֻ֜שׁוּya.Mu.shuthey will departH4185
הַחֻקִּ֥יםha.chu.Kimthe fixed order<s>H2706
הָאֵ֛לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428
מִלְּפָנַ֖יmi.le.fa.Naifrom to before meH6440
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
גַּם֩gamalsoH1571
זֶ֨רַעZe.ra'[the] offspring ofH2233
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
יִשְׁבְּת֗וּyish.be.Tuthey will ceaseH7673
מִֽהְי֥וֹתmih.Yotfrom beingH1961
גּ֛וֹיGoya nationH1471
לְפָנַ֖יle.fa.Nai<to> before meH6440
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַיָּמִֽים\׃\ \סhai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 31:36

  • Jeremiah 33:20-26

    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; Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, …

  • Psalms 89:36-37

    His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

  • Isaiah 54:9-10

    For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

  • Psalms 148:6

    He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

  • Jeremiah 46:28

    Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

  • Amos 9:8-9

    Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord. For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

  • Psalms 119:89

    ל LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

  • Deuteronomy 32:26

    I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

  • Psalms 72:5

    They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

  • Psalms 72:17

    His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

  • Psalms 102:28

    The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

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those.
33:20-26; Ps 72:5,17; 89:36,37; 102:28; 119:89; 148:6; Isa 54:9,10
cease.
46:28; De 32:26; Am 9:8,9

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Context

  • Jeremiah 31:35

    Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:

  • Jeremiah 31:36

    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.

  • Jeremiah 31:37

    Thus saith the Lord; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord.

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Jeremiah 31:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Si estas leyes faltaren delante de mí, dice Jehová, también la simiente de Israel faltará para no ser nación delante de mí todos los días.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Si jamais ces ordonnances s’en vont de devant moi, dit l’ Éternel, la semence d’Israël cessera aussi d’être une nation devant moi pour toujours!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn diese Ordnungen vor meinem Angesicht weichen werden, spricht Jehova, so soll auch der Same Israels aufhören, eine Nation zu sein vor meinem Angesicht alle Tage.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Si defecerint leges istæ coram me, dicit Dominus, tunc et semen Israël deficiet, ut non sit gens coram me cunctis diebus.