The Meaning of Jeremiah 33:18 Explained

Jeremiah 33:18

KJV: 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.

YLT: And 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.'

Darby: neither 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.

ASV: neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Jeremiah 33:18?

MEANING: What does Jeremiah 33:18 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Jeremiah 33:18 mean?

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What is the context of Jeremiah 33:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Jeremiah 33:18 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Likewise, the Levitical priests would resume functioning and continue to do so forever. ^[1] They would offer sacrifices of worship continually (in the millennial kingdom). The burnt and grain (or meal) offerings were primarily for worship rather than to remove the defilement of sin (cf. Leviticus 1-2). In Jeremiah"s day, the priesthood was corrupt, and it may even have included non-Levitical priests (cf. Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 19:1; Jeremiah 26:10-11). The lack of legitimate priests was a problem in the early years of the restoration community (cf. Ezra 8:15).

In the Millennium there will be a restoration of Levitical priests, though instead of looking forward to the coming of the ultimate Sacrifice, the worshippers will look back to it. The Levitical priests will worship God under the New Covenant. The Old (Mosaic) Covenant came to an end at the Cross. A Davidic king, Jesus Christ, will also provide leadership under the New Covenant. Therefore, both the royal and priestly leadership of Israel, in the future, will resume what Israel formerly experienced under the Mosaic Covenant.

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 33

¹ God promises to the captivity a gracious return;
⁹ a joyful state;
¹² a settled government;
¹⁵ Christ the branch of righteousness;
¹⁷ a continuance of kingdom and priesthood;
¹⁹ and a stability of a blessed seed

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 33:18 mean?

and the priests the Levites nor shall lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings and to kindle grain offerings and to sacrifice continually continually -

וְלַכֹּהֲנִים֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם לֹֽא־ יִכָּרֵ֥ת אִ֖ישׁ מִלְּפָנָ֑י מַעֲלֶ֨ה עוֹלָ֜ה וּמַקְטִ֥יר מִנְחָ֛ה וְעֹ֥שֶׂה־ זֶּ֖בַח כָּל־ הַיָּמִֽים ס

וְלַכֹּהֲנִים֙	and the priests
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: כֹּהֵן Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
הַלְוִיִּ֔ם	the Levites
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural Root: לֵוִי Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
לֹֽא־	nor
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
יִכָּרֵ֥ת	shall lack
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: כָּרַת Sense: to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant.
אִ֖ישׁ	a man
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
מִלְּפָנָ֑י	before Me
Parse: Preposition-m, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.
מַעֲלֶ֨ה	to offer
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
עוֹלָ֜ה	burnt offerings
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: עֹלָה Sense: whole burnt offering.
וּמַקְטִ֥יר	and to kindle
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular Root: מֻקְטָר Sense: .
מִנְחָ֛ה	grain offerings
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: מִנְחָה Sense: gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering.
וְעֹ֥שֶׂה־	and to
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
זֶּ֖בַח	sacrifice
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: זֶבַח Sense: sacrifice.
כָּל־	continually
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
הַיָּמִֽים	continually
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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