Jeremiah 33:17-18

[3abdulmesii7]

I'd like to know how a modern Jew would interpret these two verses:

Thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

There isn't currently anyone who claims to be the King of Israel, is there?

[John D. Brey]

Is it too much to ask that you read the context of the statement before you ask your questions? Verse 14 makes it clear that when God fulfills his promise to the house of Israel, i.e. in the kingdom age, David will never be without a son sitting on the throne. The statement is dependent on the future fulfillment of the promise.

[Tanakh Keeper]

I'd like to know how a modern Jew would interpret these two verses:

Thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

There isn't currently anyone who claims to be the King of Israel, is there?

Well, I guess I'm a modern Jew, though I'm uncertain what you mean by that term.

Jeremiah 33:17-18 For thus said the Lord: There shall not be cut off from David a man who sits on the throne of the House of Israel. And for the Kohanim, the Levites, there will never be cut off a man from before Me who offers elevation-offerings and burns meal-offerings and performs feast-offerings all the days.

Jeremiah Chapter 33 is a prophecy that hasn't come to fruition yet. Jeremiah is saying that in the future, all the Israelites shall return to Israel, joy will return, flocks will return, the Davidic dynasty will return, and the Levites and Kohanim will return (verses 17 and 18). G-d again affirms His Eternal covenant with the Hebrews. It is a promise of great joy and peace from G-d.