“The word of Yahweh
Came to Jeremiah.
Thus says Yahweh.
‘If any of you could break
My covenant with the day,
If any of you could break
My covenant with the night,
So that day and night
Would not come
At their appointed time,
Only then could
My covenant
With my servant David
Be broken.
Thus he would not
Have a son
To reign on his throne.
My covenant is
With my ministers,
The Levites.
Just as the host of heaven
Cannot be numbered,
Just as the sands of the sea
Cannot be measured,
So I will increase
The offspring
Of my servant David.
I will increase
The Levites
Who minister to me.’”
Once again this is an oracle of Yahweh to Jeremiah. Yahweh seems to say that if you can make day and night not appear at the correct time, then he would break his covenant with David. Otherwise, David would have a son to reign on his throne. It was very clear that no one could become king without a Davidic background. He also includes the Levite ministers, when he compares the numerous heavenly hosts and the immeasurable sands of the sea that cannot be measured or counted. Thus there would be offspring of David and Levites to minister to him.