Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set up dominion over the earth?
Jeremiah 31:36 - Tree of Life Version Thus says Adonai: “Only if heaven above can be measured and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then also I will cast off the offspring of Israel—for all they have done.” It is a declaration of Adonai. 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 set up dominion over the earth?
He set them in place forever and ever. He made a decree that will never pass away.
May his name endure forever. May his name increase before the sun, and may all nations be blessed by him and call him blessed.
Let them fear You while the sun endures, and while the moon lasts, throughout all generations.
I will bring forth offspring from Jacob, an heir of My mountains from Judah. My chosen ones will inherit it, and My servants will dwell there.
Fear not, Jacob My servant” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “for I am with you. I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you, but I will not make a full end of you. I will discipline you with justice, but will not utterly destroy you.”
I would have said, ‘I will hack them to pieces, make the memory of them cease from mankind,’