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.
If these natural laws ever stop working before me, says the LORD, then the descendants of Israel will also stop being a nation before me forever.
God is saying that His covenant with Israel is as permanent and reliable as the laws of nature themselves.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes during Jeremiah's prophecy of restoration after the Babylonian exile, when many Israelites wondered if God had abandoned them forever. Jeremiah had just referenced the sun, moon, and stars as examples of God's unchanging ordinances in the previous verse. God was reassuring His people that despite their current judgment and exile, His covenant with them as a nation would endure as long as the natural world continues to operate under His control.
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