Jeremiah 33 · Verse 18

Jeremiah 33:18

Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
Jeremiah 33:18, King James Version

Jeremiah 33:18 in other translations

BSBnor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.”
WEBThe Levitical priests won’t lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, to burn meal offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.”
ASVneither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
YLTAnd to the priests--the Levites, Not cut off from before Me is one, Causing a burnt-offering to ascend, And perfuming a present, and making sacrifice--all the days.'
DARBYneither shall there fail to the priests the Levites a man before me to offer up burnt-offerings, and to burn oblations, and to do sacrifice continually.
BBEAnd the priests and the Levites will never be without a man to come before me, offering burned offerings and perfumes and meal offerings and offerings of beasts at all times.
WebsterNeither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to kindle meat-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

What does Jeremiah 33:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. Messiah's literal priesthood (He 7:17, 21, 24-28), and His followers' spiritual priesthood and sacrifices (Jr 33:11; Ro 12:1; 15:16; 1Pe 2:5, 9; Re 1:6), shall never cease, according to the covenant with Levi, broken by the priests, but fulfilled by Messiah (Nu 25:12, 13; Mal 2:4, 5, 8).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man - This is a repetition of the promise made to Phinehas, Num 25:13.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 33:14-26

To crown the blessings God has in store, here is a promise of the Messiah. He imparts righteousness to his church, for he is made of God to us righteousness; and believers are made the righteousness of God in him. Christ is our Lord God, our righteousness, our sanctification, and our redemption. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. But in this world prosperity and adversity succeed each other, as light and…

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Jeremiah 33:18 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.

וְלַכֹּהֲנִים֙ve.la.ko.ha.Nimand to the priestsH3548
הַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יִכָּרֵ֥תyi.ka.Retit will be cut offH3772
אִ֖ישׁ'isha manH376
מִלְּפָנָ֑יmi.le.fa.Naifrom to before meH6440
מַעֲלֶ֨הma.'a.Leh[who] offers upH5927
עוֹלָ֜הo.Laha burnt offeringH5930
וּמַקְטִ֥ירu.mak.Tirand [who] makes smokeH6999
מִנְחָ֛הmin.Chaha grain offeringH4503
וְעֹ֥שֶׂה\־ve.'o.seh-and [who] makesH6213
זֶּ֖בַחZe.vacha sacrificeH2077
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַיָּמִֽים\׃\ \סhai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 33:18

  • Isaiah 56:7

    Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

  • Romans 15:16

    That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

  • Deuteronomy 18:1

    The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance.

  • 1 Peter 2:5

    Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

  • Revelation 1:6

    And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

  • Ezekiel 43:19-27

    And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord God, a young bullock for a sin offering. And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock. …

  • 1 Peter 2:9

    But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

  • Isaiah 61:6

    But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

  • Hebrews 13:15-16

    By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

  • Ezekiel 44:9-11

    Thus saith the Lord God; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel. And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.

  • Romans 1:21

    Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

  • Ezekiel 45:5

    And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isa 56:7; 61:6; Eze 43:19-27; 44:9-11; 45:5; Ro 1:21; 15:16
Heb 13:15,16; 1Pe 2:5,9; Re 1:6; 5:10

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Context

  • Jeremiah 33:17

    For thus saith the Lord; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

  • Jeremiah 33:18

    Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

  • Jeremiah 33:19

    And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying,

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Jeremiah 33:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y de los sacerdotes y Levitas no faltará varón de mi presencia que ofrezca holocausto, y encienda presente, y que haga sacrificio todos los días.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et les sacrificateurs, les Lévites, ne manqueront pas, devant moi, d’un homme offrant des holocaustes, et faisant fumer des offrandes de gâteau, et faisant des sacrifices, tous les jours.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und den Priestern, den Leviten, soll es nie an einem Manne vor mir fehlen, der Brandopfer opfere und Speisopfer anzünde und Schlachtopfer zurichte alle Tage. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et de sacerdotibus et de Levitis non interibit vir a facie mea, qui offerat holocautomata, et incendat sacrificum, et cædat victimas omnibus diebus.