Blessed be the Lord your God! He delighted in you and put you on the throne of Israel,(A) because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel.(B) He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”(C)

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Praise(A) be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love(B) for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice(C) and righteousness.”

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The mighty King loves justice.
You have established fairness;
you have administered justice
and righteousness in Jacob.(A)

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The King(A) is mighty, he loves justice(B)
    you have established equity;(C)
in Jacob you have done
    what is just and right.(D)

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Boast in the Lord

23 “‘This is what the Lord says:

The wise person should not boast in his wisdom;
the strong should not boast in his strength;
the wealthy should not boast in his wealth.

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23 This is what the Lord says:

“Let not the wise boast of their wisdom(A)
    or the strong boast of their strength(B)
    or the rich boast of their riches,(C)

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This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness.(A) Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor.(B) Don’t exploit or brutalize the resident alien, the fatherless, or the widow.(C) Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

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This is what the Lord says: Do what is just(A) and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor(B) the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow,(C) and do not shed innocent blood(D) in this place.

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15 Are you a king because you excel in cedar?
Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness?(A)
Then it went well with him.

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15 “Does it make you a king
    to have more and more cedar?
Did not your father have food and drink?
    He did what was right and just,(A)
    so all went well(B) with him.

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The Righteous Branch of David

“Look, the days are coming”(A)—this is the Lord’s declaration—
“when I will raise up a Righteous Branch for David.(B)
He will reign wisely as king
and administer justice and righteousness in the land.(C)

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“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will raise up for David[a] a righteous Branch,(A)
a King(B) who will reign(C) wisely
    and do what is just and right(D) in the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:5 Or up from David’s line

15 In those days and at that time
I will cause a Righteous Branch(A)
to sprout up for David,
and he will administer justice
and righteousness in the land.

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15 “‘In those days and at that time
    I will make a righteous(A) Branch(B) sprout from David’s line;(C)
    he will do what is just and right in the land.

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“Suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

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“Suppose there is a righteous man
    who does what is just and right.

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