19. the Lord’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
20. “the Lord says: ‘If you can break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night, so that there will not be day and night in their time;
21. then may my covenant also be broken with David my servant, that he won’t have a son to reign on his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
22. As the army of the sky can’t be counted, and the sand of the sea can’t be measured; so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant and the Levites who minister to me.’”
23. the Lord’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
24. “Don’t consider what this people has spoken, saying, ‘Has the Lord cast off the two families which he chose?’ Thus they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.”
25. the Lord says: “If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
26. then I will also cast away the offspring of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his offspring to be rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to be reversed and will have mercy on them.”