¹² Therefore say, ^(A)‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace,

The Lord's Covenant of Peace

^25 (A)“I will make with them a covenant of peace and ^(B)banish wild beasts from the land, ^(C)so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

^26 (A)I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be ^(B)an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land^[a] and ^(C)multiply them, and will ^(D)set my sanctuary in their midst for evermore.

⁵ My covenant with him was one of life and ^(A)peace, and I gave them to him. ^(B)It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name.