Jeremiah 31:37
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
KJV
Hæc dicit Dominus : Si mensurari potuerint cæli sursum, et investigari fundamenta terræ deorsum, et ego abjiciam universum semen Israël, propter omnia quæ fecerunt, dicit Dominus.
Vulgate
πᾶσαν κεφαλὴν ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ξυρηθήσονται, καὶ πᾶς πώγων ξυρηθήσεται, καὶ πᾶσαι χεῖρες κόψονται, καὶ ἐπὶ πάσης ὀσφύος σάκκος.
LXX
Thus saith Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.
ASV
כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אִם יִמַּ֤דּוּ שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ מִ/לְ/מַ֔עְלָ/ה וְ/יֵחָקְר֥וּ מֽוֹסְדֵי אֶ֖רֶץ לְ/מָ֑טָּה גַּם אֲנִ֞י אֶמְאַ֨ס בְּ/כָל זֶ֧רַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל עַֽל כָּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשׂ֖וּ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
21 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§346In creation God laid a foundation and established laws that remain firm, on which the believer can rely with confidence, for they are the sign and pledge of the unshakeable faithfulness of God's covenant.214 For his part man must remain faithful to this foundation, and respect the laws which the Creator has written into it.
Cross-references
- Isa 40:12 — Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a
- Jer 33:22 — As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
- Jer 33:22 — As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
- Jer 33:24 — Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nat
- Jer 33:26 — Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to retu
- Jer 46:28 — Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct the
- Job 11:7 — Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
- Job 38:18 — Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
- Lam 3:31 — For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
- Mic 6:2 — Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
- Ps 18:15 — Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
- Ps 74:1 — O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
- Rom 11:1 — I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Rom 11:26 — And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: