11 ever since the day I ordered judges to be over My people Israel.(A) I will give you rest from all your enemies.

“‘The Lord declares to you: The Lord Himself will make a house for you. 12 When your time comes and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.(B) 13 He will build a house for My name,(C) and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.(D) 14 I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me.(E) When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a human rod and with blows from others. 15 But My faithful love will never leave him(F) as I removed it from Saul; I removed him from your way.(G) 16 Your house and kingdom will endure before Me[a] forever,(H) and your throne will be established forever.’”(I)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 7:16 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read you

The Righteous Branch of David

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

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23 I will appoint over them a single shepherd, My servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.(A) 24 I, Yahweh, will be their God, and My servant David(B) will be a prince among them. I, Yahweh, have spoken.

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The Coming of Zion’s King

Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem!
Look, your King is coming to you;
He is righteous and victorious,[a]
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.(A)
10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the horse from Jerusalem.
The bow of war will be removed,
and He will proclaim peace to the nations.
His dominion will extend from sea to sea,
from the Euphrates River
to the ends of the earth.(B)

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  1. Zechariah 9:9 Or and has salvation

32 He will be great
and will be called the Son of the Most High,(A)
and the Lord God will give Him
the throne of His father David.(B)

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Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop crying. Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah,(A) the Root of David,(B) has been victorious(C) so that He may open the scroll and[a] its seven seals.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 5:5 Other mss add loose

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