Kejadian 8:22
Konteks8:22 “While the earth continues to exist, 1
planting time 2 and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
and day and night will not cease.”
Yeremia 31:35-36
Konteks31:35 The Lord has made a promise to Israel.
He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day
and the moon and stars to give light by night.
He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll.
He promises it as the one who is known as the Lord who rules over all. 3
31:36 The Lord affirms, 4 “The descendants of Israel will not
cease forever to be a nation in my sight.
That could only happen if the fixed ordering of the heavenly lights
were to cease to operate before me.” 5
[8:22] 1 tn Heb “yet all the days of the earth.” The idea is “[while there are] yet all the days of the earth,” meaning, “as long as the earth exists.”
[8:22] 2 tn Heb “seed,” which stands here by metonymy for the time when seed is planted.
[31:35] 3 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.” See the study note on 2:19 for this title. In the Hebrew text the verse reads: “Thus says the
[31:36] 4 tn Heb “Oracle of the
[31:36] 5 tn Heb “‘If these fixed orderings were to fail to be present before me,’ oracle of the