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20 »If you break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,
21 then my covenant may also be broken with David my servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, with the Levitical priests as my ministers.
22 »‘I will increase the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who serve me in the same way as the stars of heaven that cannot be counted and the sand on the seashore that cannot be measured.’«
23 The word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah:
24 »Have you not observed what this people have said. They say, ‘The two families Jehovah chose, he has rejected?’ Thus they despise my people, no longer are they as a nation in their sight.
25 »Jehovah says: ‘If My covenant for day and night do not stand and I have not established the fixed patterns of heaven and earth,
26 then I would reject the descendants of Jacob and David my servant. And I would not take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will restore their prosperity and will show them love and compassion.’«