Isaiæ 33:22

Nova Vulgata

Sicuti enumerari non possunt stellae caeli et metiri arena maris, sic multiplicabo semen David servi mei et Levitas ministros meos".

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Dominus enim judex noster, Dominus legifer noster, Dominus rex noster, ipse salvabit nos.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Sicuti enumerari non possunt stell� c�li,
et metiri arena maris,
sic multiplicabo semen David servi mei,
et Levitas ministros meos.]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the host: Jeremiah 31:37, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 28:14, Hosea 1:10, Hebrews 11:12, Revelation 7:9, Revelation 7:10

so: Psalms 22:30, Psalms 89:3, Psalms 89:4, Psalms 89:29, Isaiah 53:10-12, Ezekiel 37:24-27, Zechariah 12:8

the Levites: Isaiah 66:21, Ezekiel 44:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 41:49 - General Numbers 25:13 - an everlasting 1 Kings 4:29 - as the sand 2 Chronicles 13:5 - to David Job 12:23 - increaseth Psalms 72:16 - of the city Psalms 115:14 - Lord Isaiah 48:19 - seed Jeremiah 30:19 - and I Jeremiah 33:24 - The two Nahum 3:16 - above Zechariah 10:8 - and they Revelation 20:8 - the number

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured,.... As the stars of heaven are innumerable, and the sand of the sea immeasurable:

so will I multiply the seed of David my servant; the Messiah; the son and antitype of David; and who is often called by his name; and as the son of David is the servant of the Lord, his spiritual seed are meant, which shall endure for ever; and in Gospel times, especially in the latter part of them, shall be very numerous; see Psalms 89:29;

and the Levites that minister unto me; meaning the same as before; not ministers of the Gospel, for they never were, or will be, so numerous as here expressed; but true believers in Christ, who are all priests unto God, and minister in holy things, offering up the spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise through Christ: these Levites are the same with the seed of David, or Christ, in whom the kingdom and the priesthood are united.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This promise also has been not literally, but spiritually fulfilled, for in this sense only have the seed of David and the Levites been multiplied.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 33:22. So will I multiply the seed of David — This must be understood of the spiritual David, Jesus Christ, and his progeny, genuine Christians. The two families which God chose for the priesthood, that of Aaron and Phinehas, or, on its being taken away from him, that of Ithamar, 1 Samuel 2:35, are both extinct. Nor has the office of high priest, or priest of any kind offering sacrifice, been exercised among the Jews for nearly eighteen hundred years; therefore what is said here of the priesthood must refer to the spiritual priesthood, at the head of which is Jesus Christ.