Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Have you not noticed that these people are saying, ‘The LORD has rejected the two kingdoms he chose’? So they despise my people and no longer regard them as a nation. New Living Translation “Have you noticed what people are saying?—‘The LORD chose Judah and Israel and then abandoned them!’ They are sneering and saying that Israel is not worthy to be counted as a nation. English Standard Version “Have you not observed that these people are saying, ‘The LORD has rejected the two clans that he chose’? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight. Berean Standard Bible “Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation. Berean Literal Bible “Have you not considered what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families that YHWH has chosen, and He has rejected them? Thus they have despised My people from being anymore a nation before them. King James Bible Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. New King James Version “Have you not considered what these people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families which the LORD has chosen, He has also cast them off’? Thus they have despised My people, as if they should no more be a nation before them. New American Standard Bible “Have you not observed what these people have asserted, saying, ‘The two families which the LORD chose, He has rejected them’? So they despise My people as no longer being a nation in their sight. NASB 1995 “Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families which the LORD chose, He has rejected them’? Thus they despise My people, no longer are they as a nation in their sight. NASB 1977 “Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families which the LORD chose, He has rejected them’? Thus they despise My people, no longer are they as a nation in their sight. Legacy Standard Bible “Have you not seen what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families which Yahweh chose, He has rejected them’? Thus they have spurned My people from being a nation any longer in their sight. Amplified Bible “Have you not noticed what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families [Israel the northern kingdom, and Judah the southern kingdom] which the LORD chose, He has rejected’? Thus they despise My [chosen] people, no longer are they [considered] as a nation in their sight. Berean Annotated Bible “Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD {YHWH} has rejected the two families He had chosen’ So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation. Christian Standard Bible “Have you not noticed what these people have said? They say, ‘The LORD has rejected the two families he had chosen.’ My people are treated with contempt and no longer regarded as a nation among them. Holman Christian Standard Bible “Have you not noticed what these people have said? They say, ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen.’ My people are treated with contempt and no longer regarded as a nation among them. American Standard Version Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah did choose, he hath cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. Contemporary English Version You've heard foreigners insult my people by saying, "The LORD chose Israel and Judah, but now he has rejected them, and they are no longer a nation." English Revised Version Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD did choose, he hath cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Haven't you noticed what these people have said? They have said that the LORD has rejected the two families he has chosen. They despise my people, and they no longer consider them a nation. Good News Translation "Have you noticed how people are saying that I have rejected Israel and Judah, the two families that I chose? And so they look with contempt on my people and no longer consider them a nation. International Standard Version "Haven't you noticed what these people have been saying?—'The LORD rejected the two families that he had chosen!' They have contempt for my people and no longer consider them a nation. NET Bible "You have surely noticed what these people are saying, haven't you? They are saying, 'The LORD has rejected the two families of Israel and Judah that he chose.' So they have little regard that my people will ever again be a nation. New Heart English Bible "Do not consider what this people has spoken, saying, 'The two families which the LORD chose, he has cast them off?' Thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. Webster's Bible Translation Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard Bible“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation. World English Bible “Don’t consider what this people has spoken, saying, ‘Has Yahweh cast off the two families which he chose?’ Thus they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.” Literal Translations Literal Standard Version“Have you not considered what this people have spoken, saying, "" The two families on which YHWH fixed, "" He rejects them? And they despise My people, so that they are no longer a people before them!” Berean Literal Bible “Have you not considered what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families that YHWH has chosen, and He has rejected them? Thus they have despised My people from being anymore a nation before them. Young's Literal Translation 'Hast thou not considered what this people have spoken, saying: The two families on which Jehovah fixed, He doth reject them, And my people they despise -- So that they are no more a people before them! Smith's Literal Translation Sawest thou not what this people spake, saying, The two families which Jehovah chose in them, and he will reject them? and they will despise my people from being yet a nation before them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHast thou not seen what this people hath spoken, saying: The two families which the Lord had chosen, are cast off: and they have despised my people, so that it is no more a nation before them? Catholic Public Domain Version “Have you not seen what this people has spoken? They say: ‘The two families which the Lord had chosen have been rejected.’ And so they have despised my people, as if they were no longer a nation in their sight. New American Bible Have you not noticed what these people are saying: “The LORD has rejected the two tribes he had chosen”? They hold my people in contempt as if it were no longer a nation in their eyes. New Revised Standard Version Have you not observed how these people say, “The two families that the LORD chose have been rejected by him,” and how they hold my people in such contempt that they no longer regard them as a nation? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHave you not considered what this people are saying, The two families which the LORD has chosen, he has rejected? Thus they have provoked my people to anger, that they should be no more a nation before me. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Do you not see what the people say: “The two tribes LORD JEHOVAH has chosen he has rejected”, and they anger my people, that it would not be a people before me?” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying: The two families which the LORD did choose, He hath cast them off? and they contemn My people, that they should be no more a nation before them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Covenant with David…23Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 24“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation. 25This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,… Cross References Have you not noticed what these people are saying: Isaiah 49:14 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!” Lamentations 5:20 Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long? Isaiah 40:27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”? ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? Romans 11:1-2 I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. / God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel: Ezekiel 37:16-17 “And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’ / Then join them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand. Leviticus 26:44-45 Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God. / But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their fathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.” So they despise My people Psalm 44:13-14 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us. / You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. Psalm 79:1-4 A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble. / They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. / They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead. … Ezekiel 36:20-23 And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’ / But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone. / Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went. … and no longer regard them as a nation. Jeremiah 31:36-37 “Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.” / This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD. Ezekiel 37:22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms. Psalm 83:4 saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.” Psalm 89:30-37 If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, / if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments, / I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes. … 1 Samuel 12:22 Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own. 2 Samuel 7:12-16 And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. … Isaiah 54:7-10 “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back. / In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer. / “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you. … Treasury of Scripture Consider you not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD has chosen, he has even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. The two. Jeremiah 33:21,22 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers… Psalm 94:14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. Romans 11:1-6 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin… thus. Nehemiah 4:2-4 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? … Esther 3:6-8 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai… Psalm 44:13,14 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us… Jump to Previous Cast Choose Chose Chosen Consider Considerest Contemn Despise Despised Families Kingdoms Longer Nation Observed Regard Rejected SightJump to Next Cast Choose Chose Chosen Consider Considerest Contemn Despise Despised Families Kingdoms Longer Nation Observed Regard Rejected SightJeremiah 33 1. God promises to the captivity a gracious return;9. a joyful state; 12. a settled government; 15. Christ the branch of righteousness; 17. a continuance of kingdom and priesthood; 19. and a stability of a blessed seed. Have you not noticed what these people are saying: This phrase indicates a call to attention, suggesting that the speaker, God, is aware of the conversations and attitudes among the people. It reflects a common biblical theme where God is portrayed as omniscient, aware of human thoughts and actions. This rhetorical question emphasizes the importance of being attentive to the words and attitudes of others, especially when they concern divine matters. ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’: So they despise My people: and no longer regard them as a nation: Persons / Places / Events 1. The LORD (Yahweh)The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is addressing the concerns and complaints of the people. 2. The Two Families Refers to the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah, representing the chosen people of God. 3. The People The Israelites, who are expressing doubt and despair over their status as God's chosen nation. 4. Jeremiah The prophet through whom God delivers His message, providing hope and reassurance to the people. 5. The Nation The collective identity of Israel and Judah, which is being questioned and despised by others. Teaching Points God's FaithfulnessDespite appearances, God remains faithful to His promises. The doubts of the people do not negate His covenant. Identity in God Our identity as God's people is secure, even when others despise or question it. We are chosen and beloved. Hope in Restoration God's plans include restoration and renewal, even when circumstances seem dire. Trust in His timing and purpose. Rejecting Despair Like the Israelites, we may face moments of doubt, but we are called to reject despair and hold onto God's promises. Community and Nationhood The concept of being a nation under God extends beyond political boundaries to a spiritual identity rooted in faith. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Jeremiah 33:24?2. How does Jeremiah 33:24 challenge us to trust God's covenant promises today? 3. What does "two families" in Jeremiah 33:24 symbolize in God's redemptive plan? 4. How can we counteract feelings of rejection using Jeremiah 33:24's message? 5. Connect Jeremiah 33:24 to God's faithfulness in Romans 11:1-2. 6. How should Jeremiah 33:24 influence our view of God's enduring commitment to Israel? 7. What does Jeremiah 33:24 reveal about God's covenant with Israel and its implications today? 8. How does Jeremiah 33:24 challenge the belief in God's unchanging promises? 9. Why does Jeremiah 33:24 mention the rejection of Israel and Judah? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 33? 11. Psalm 86:5 - How can a God said to be 'abounding in steadfast love' align with the severity of punishments described elsewhere in the Old Testament? 12. Jeremiah 35:7 - How does the command never to build houses align with God's directive for Israel to settle in the land (Numbers 33:53)? 13. In Jeremiah 33:9, God promises all nations will fear and tremble because of Jerusalem's prosperity--why doesn't history reflect this worldwide reverence? 14. Who are the Sons of Jacob? What Does Jeremiah 33:24 Mean Seeing the Complaint“Have you not noticed what these people are saying” (Jeremiah 33:24a) • The Lord draws Jeremiah’s attention to popular talk circulating in the land. • Such talk surfaces during Judah’s darkest hour—Babylon’s siege—when despair tempts people to reinterpret God’s promises (cf. Jeremiah 32:24–25). • Similar moments of doubt appear throughout Scripture—Israel at the Red Sea (Exodus 14:10–12) or Elijah under the broom tree (1 Kings 19:4)—yet every time, God steps in to reaffirm His word. Accusation of Rejection “‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’” (Jeremiah 33:24b) • “Two families” points to the divided kingdom—Judah in the south, Israel in the north—both originally set apart by covenant (Genesis 12:1–3; 2 Samuel 7:12–16). • The charge claims God has torn up those covenants. – God had just sworn the opposite: “If you can break My covenant with the day and with the night…then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant” (Jeremiah 33:20–21). – Paul echoes this certainty centuries later: “Has God rejected His people? Absolutely not!” (Romans 11:1). • The accusation therefore is blatant unbelief, not sober theology. Despising God’s People “So they despise My people” (Jeremiah 33:24c) • Contempt for Israel inevitably follows disbelief in God’s faithfulness. • Lamentations 2:15–16 records the nations sneering: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty?” • Yet the Lord warns, “He who touches you touches the apple of His eye” (Zechariah 2:8). • To scorn those whom God treasures is to misunderstand both His character and His plan. Questioning Nationhood “and no longer regard them as a nation.” (Jeremiah 33:24d) • Outsiders concluded Judah’s identity was erased. – They judged by sight—Jerusalem in ruins, monarchy toppled. • God counters: “Only if these ordinances depart from My presence…will Israel cease to be a nation before Me forever” (Jeremiah 31:35–36). • History confirms divine intent: the same people re-emerge after exile (Ezra 1:1–4) and remain central to end-times prophecy (Romans 11:25–29). • God’s covenant preserves both spiritual calling and national continuity, regardless of temporary discipline (Amos 9:8–15). summary Jeremiah 33:24 captures the cynical chatter of a discouraged generation claiming God ditched His chosen people. The Lord exposes that lie, insisting His covenants with both Israel and Judah stand as unbreakable as the cycles of day and night. To despise Israel is to misread history and doubt God’s reliability. Even when circumstances scream “abandoned,” Scripture affirms the literal, ongoing nationhood and divine favor promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—promises that anchor every believer’s confidence in a God who never retracts His word. (24-26) Considerest thou not what this people have spoken . . .--The words that follow have been regarded by many commentators as the taunt of the heathen nations--Chaldaeans, Egyptians, Edomites, and others--as they beheld what seemed to them the entire downfall of the kingly and the priestly orders, such as we find put into the lips of the heathen in Ezekiel 35:10; Ezekiel 36:20. The words "this people," however, used as they are invariably of that to which the prophet himself belonged (Jeremiah 4:10; Jeremiah 5:14; Jeremiah 5:23; Jeremiah 6:19, and elsewhere), and indeed in the hundred or more passages in which the phrase occurs in the Old Testament, lead to a different conclusion. The prophet's declaration of the steadfastness of God's covenant was made in answer, not to the taunts of the heathen, but to the despair of Israel, such as had found utterance in the words recorded in Jeremiah 33:10 and Jeremiah 32:43. If the words "thus they have despised my people" seem to favour the former interpretation, it must be remembered that the subject of the verb is not necessarily the same as that of the previous clause, and that the scorn of other nations would be the natural outcome of the despondency into which Israel had fallen; or they might emphasise the fact that the despondency was itself, as it were, suicidal. Those who despised their own nation were despising the people of Jehovah. In contrast with this despondency, the prophet renews his assurance of the permanence of the kingly and priestly lines, and strengthens it by reference to the three great patriarchs of the race, with whom the truth of Jehovah's promises was identified (Exodus 3:15), and by connecting it with the promise of a return from the captivity. When that return came, it would be the pledge and earnest of the yet greater blessings which were involved in the new and everlasting covenant. . . . Verse 24. - This people; i.e. not Egyptians or Babylonians (as some have supposed), but the people of Judah, regarded as alienated from Jehovah (hence the touch of disparagement), as elsewhere in Jeremiah (Jeremiah 4:10, 11; Jeremiah 5:14, 23; Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 7:33, etc.). There were unworthy Jews, who, seeing their nation fallen from its high estate, despaired of its deliverance and regeneration. That they should be no more, etc.; rather, so that they are no more a people - no more an independent people The "two families," of course, are the "two houses of Israel" (Isaiah 8:14), i.e. the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
Hebrew “Have you notהֲל֣וֹא (hă·lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no noticed רָאִ֗יתָ (rā·’î·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see what מָֽה־ (māh-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what these הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that people הָעָ֤ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock are saying: דִּבְּר֣וּ (dib·bə·rū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue ‘The LORD יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has rejected וַיִּמְאָסֵ֑ם (way·yim·’ā·sêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 3988: To spurn, to disappear the two שְׁתֵּ֣י (šə·tê) Number - fdc Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) families הַמִּשְׁפָּח֗וֹת (ham·miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people He had chosen’? בָּחַ֧ר (bā·ḥar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 977: To try, select So they despise יִנְאָצ֔וּן (yin·’ā·ṣūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 5006: To spurn, treat with contempt My people עַמִּי֙ (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and no longer ע֖וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more regard them מִֽהְי֥וֹת (mih·yō·wṯ) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be as a nation. גּ֥וֹי (gō·w) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts Links Jeremiah 33:24 NIVJeremiah 33:24 NLT Jeremiah 33:24 ESV Jeremiah 33:24 NASB Jeremiah 33:24 KJV Jeremiah 33:24 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 33:24 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 33:24 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 33:24 French Bible Jeremiah 33:24 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 33:24 Don't you consider what this people has (Jer.) |
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