As the hostof heavencannotbe countedand the sandof the seacannotbe measured,soI will multiplythe descendantsof DavidMy servantand the Leviteswho ministerto Me.'"
"I will makeyour descendantsas the dustof the earth,sothat ifanyonecannumberthe dustof the earth,then your descendantscan alsobe numbered.
And He tookhim outsideand said,"Nowlooktoward the heavens,and countthe stars,ifyou are ableto countthem." And He saidto him, "Soshall your descendantsbe."
indeedI will greatlyblessyou, and I will greatlymultiplyyour seedas the starsof the heavensand as the sandwhichis on the seashore;and your seedshall possessthe gateof their enemies.
"Your descendantswill also be like the dustof the earth,and you will spreadout to the westand to the eastand to the northand to the south;and in you and in your descendantsshall allthe familiesof the earthbe blessed.
Posteritywill serveHim; It will be toldof the Lordto the [coming] generation.
"So I will establishhis descendantsforeverAnd his throneas the daysof heaven.
"Your descendantswould have beenlike the sand,And your offspringlike its grains;Their namewould neverbe cutoffor destroyedfrom My presence."
"I will alsotakesomeof them for priests[and] for Levites,"saysthe LORD.
From them will proceedthanksgivingAnd the voiceof those who celebrate;And I will multiplythem and they will not be diminished;I will also honorthem and they will not be insignificant.
Thussaysthe LORD,"Ifthe heavensabovecan be measuredAnd the foundationsof the earthsearchedout below,Then I will alsocastoffallthe offspringof IsraelFor allthat they have done,"declaresthe LORD.
and the Leviticalpriestsshall neverlacka manbeforeMe to offerburntofferings,to burngrain offeringsand to preparesacrificescontinually.'"
And the wordof the LORDcameto Jeremiah,saying,
So I prophesiedas He commandedme, and the breathcameinto them, and they cameto lifeand stoodon their feet,an exceedinglygreatarmy.
"But the Leviticalpriests,the sonsof Zadok,whokeptchargeof My sanctuarywhen the sonsof Israelwentastrayfrom Me, shall comenearto Me to ministerto Me; and they shall standbeforeMe to offerMe the fatand the blood,"declaresthe LordGOD.
Yet the numberof the sonsof IsraelWill be like the sandof the sea,Whichcannotbe measuredor numbered;And in the placeWhereit is saidto them, "You are not My people,"It will be saidto them, "[You are] the sonsof the livingGod."
"I will whistlefor them to gatherthem together, For I have redeemedthem; And they will be as numerousas they were before.
"In that daythe LORDwill defendthe inhabitantsof Jerusalem,and the one who is feebleamong them in that daywill be like David,and the houseof David[will be] like God,like the angelof the LORDbeforethem.
and saidto him, "Run,speakto that youngman,saying,Jerusalemwill be inhabitedwithoutwallsbecauseof the multitudeof menand cattlewithinit.
Thereforethere was bornevenof one man,and him as good as deadat that, [as many descendants] AS THE STARSOF HEAVENIN NUMBER,AND INNUMERABLEAS THE SANDWHICH IS BY THE SEASHORE.
