Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?
Jeremiah 31:36 - Revised Standard Version “If this fixed order departs from before me, says the Lord, then shall the descendants of Israel cease from being a nation before me for ever.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If these ordinances [of fixed order] depart from before Me, says the Lord, then the posterity of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me throughout the ages. American Standard Version (1901) If these ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. Common English Bible If the created order should vanish from my sight, declares the LORD, only then would Israel’s descendants ever stop being a nation before me. Catholic Public Domain Version If these laws fail in my sight, says the Lord, then the offspring of Israel will also fail, so that they will not be a people in my sight for all time." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If these ordinances shall fail before me, saith the Lord: then also the seed of Israel shall fail, so as not to be a nation before me for ever. |
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?
The children of thy servants shall dwell secure; their posterity shall be established before thee.
And he established them for ever and ever; he fixed their bounds which cannot be passed.
May his name endure for ever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May men bless themselves by him, all nations call him blessed!
May he live while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations!
I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah inheritors of my mountains; my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
Fear not, O Jacob my servant, says the Lord, for I am with you. I will make a full end of all the nations to which I have driven you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will chasten you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.”
I would have said, “I will scatter them afar, I will make the remembrance of them cease from among men,”