Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 33:21
[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.
21. See 2Sa 7:12-16.
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This promise also has been not literally, but spiritually fulfilled, for in this sense only have the seed of David and the Levites been multiplied.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
[Then] may also my covenant be broken with David my servant,…. A type of the Messiah, with whom the covenant of grace is made, stands fast, and will never be broken; see Ps 89:3; for, as the other is impossible, the breaking of the covenant with day and night, or hindering the certain rotation of them; so likewise as impossible is the breaking of the covenant with David concerning the perpetuity of his kingdom in the Messiah:
that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; which he has in Christ, and ever will have; for he shall reign for ever and ever:
and with the Levites my priests, my ministers; of the line of Phinehas, to whom an everlasting priesthood was promised, and which has been fulfilled in Christ, who has an unchangeable priesthood; a priesthood that will never pass from him, and go to another; see Nu 25:13 Heb 7:24.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Hence he says, There shall be abolished my covenant with David my servant, that he should not be my son, etc. He repeats what he had said, even that it could not be but that the posterity of David should obtain the kingdom, which we know has been fulfilled in Christ. The throne of David he now calls what he had named before as the throne of the house of Israel; but he means the same thing. It is called the throne of the house of Israel, because the king and the people are relatively connected, and also because the posterity of David ruled for the public good, not for their own sake.
He adds, and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers He had called David his servant, he now calls the Levites his ministers. The word שרת sheret, is commonly known, and is used often by Moses, when speaking of the Levitical priesthood. Its meaning is to serve. He adds —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Jer 33:21 [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.
Ver. 21. Then may also my covenant. ] See Jer 33:17-18 . The poet hath somewhat like this:
“ Iungantur ante saeva sideribus freta,
Et ignis undae, tartaro tristi polus,
Lux alma tenebris, roscidae nocti dies, ”& c.
– Sen. in Octavia.
My covenant . . . with David. Wholly unconditional. Compare 2Sa 7:12, &c. Compare Psa 89:3, Psa 89:4, Psa 89:20-37, and Jer 132:11, with Jer 31:35-37, and Jer 33:17-26.
may: 2Sa 23:5, 2Ch 7:18, 2Ch 21:7, Psa 89:34, Psa 132:11, Psa 132:12, Psa 132:17, Isa 55:3, Mat 24:35, Luk 1:69, Luk 1:70
that he: From the destruction of Jerusalem to the present time, a period of nearly eighteen hundred years, the Jews have had neither a king nor any form of government whatever; nor has the office of high priest, or priest of any kind offering sacrifice, been exercised among them during the same period. Hence this must be understood of the spiritual David, Jesus Christ, both the king and High Priest of his church, “the Israel of God,” – Gal 6:16, in whom the covenant of royalty with David and his seed, and that of priesthood with Aaron and his seed, have received their full accomplishment; and all the sacrifices of that dispensation were superseded by his “one oblation of himself,” the efficacy of which remains forever Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7, Dan 7:14, Luk 1:32, Luk 1:33
and with: Jer 33:18, Rev 5:10
Reciprocal: Lev 26:44 – break Jdg 2:1 – I will never 1Ki 1:13 – sit 1Ki 12:16 – now see 2Ki 11:2 – they hid him 2Ki 19:34 – my servant 2Ch 10:16 – David 2Ch 13:5 – to David Psa 89:28 – covenant Psa 100:5 – and his truth Psa 111:9 – he hath Jer 17:25 – sitting Jer 33:24 – The two Eze 21:27 – until Luk 20:41 – Christ Act 13:22 – he raised Heb 6:17 – the immutability
Jer 33:21-23. The subject of David and his Son is explained at verse 15, and that of priests is commented upon at verse IS. Ministers means servants and applies to all who are citizens in the kingdom of Christ since they are all servants.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary