17. The Lord proclaims: David will always have one of his descendants sit on the throne of the house of Israel.
18. And the levitical priests will always have someone in my presence to make entirely burned offerings and grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.
19. Then the Lord’s word came to Jeremiah:
20. This is what the Lord says: If one could break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night so that they wouldn’t come at their proper time,
21. only then could my covenant with my servant David and my covenant with the levitical priests who minister before me be broken; only then would David no longer have a descendant to rule on his throne.
22. And just as the stars in the sky can’t be numbered and the sand on the shore can’t be counted, so I will increase the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who minister before me.