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The Righteous Branch

“Look, days are coming,” declares[a] Yahweh,
    “when I will raise up for David a righteous branch,
and he will reign as king, and he will achieve success,
    and he will do justice and righteousness in the land.
In his days Judah will be saved,
    and Israel will dwell in safety,[b]
and this is his name by which he will be called:
    ‘Yahweh is our righteousness.’

Therefore[c] look, days are coming,” declares[d] Yahweh, “when they will no longer say, ‘As Yahweh lives,[e] who led up the Israelites[f] from the land of Egypt,’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:5 Literally “a declaration of”
  2. Jeremiah 23:6 Literally “with confidence”
  3. Jeremiah 23:7 Literally “To thus”
  4. Jeremiah 23:7 Literally “a declaration of”
  5. Jeremiah 23:7 Literally “the life of Yahweh”
  6. Jeremiah 23:7 Literally “sons/children of Israel”