36"Only if these decrees vanish from my sight," declares the Lord , "will the descendants of Israel ever cease to be a nation before me."


In Context

33 "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the Lord . "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord ,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the Lord . "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."

35 This is what the Lord says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar- the Lord Almighty is his name:

36 "Only if these decrees vanish from my sight," declares the Lord , "will the descendants of Israel ever cease to be a nation before me."

37 This is what the Lord says: "Only if the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below be searched out will I reject all the descendants of Israel because of all they have done," declares the Lord .

38 "The days are coming," declares the Lord , "when this city will be rebuilt for me from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

Jeremiah 31:36 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:36If 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:36If 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:36If these ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:36If those ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:36If these ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:36If 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:36If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:36If these statutes depart from before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, Even the seed of Israel doth cease From being a nation before Me all the days.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:36If those ordinances depart from before me, said the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.