21. only then could my covenant with my servant David and my covenant with the levitical priests who minister before me be broken; only then would David no longer have a descendant to rule on his throne.
22. And just as the stars in the sky can’t be numbered and the sand on the shore can’t be counted, so I will increase the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who minister before me.
23. Then the Lord’s word came to Jeremiah:
24. Aren’t you aware of what people are saying: "The Lord has rejected the two families that he had chosen"? They are insulting my people as if they no longer belong to me.