Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord Our Righteousness.

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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.
In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.(E)
This is the name(F) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.(G)

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Footnotes

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

18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.

19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

24 Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

25 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

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18 For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
    he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,(A)
    he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,(B)
    but formed it to be inhabited(C)
he says:
“I am the Lord,
    and there is no other.(D)
19 I have not spoken in secret,(E)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;(F)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(G)
    ‘Seek(H) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.(I)

20 “Gather together(J) and come;
    assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant(K) are those who carry(L) about idols of wood,
    who pray to gods that cannot save.(M)
21 Declare what is to be, present it—
    let them take counsel together.
Who foretold(N) this long ago,
    who declared it from the distant past?(O)
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no God apart from me,(P)
a righteous God(Q) and a Savior;(R)
    there is none but me.

22 “Turn(S) to me and be saved,(T)
    all you ends of the earth;(U)
    for I am God, and there is no other.(V)
23 By myself I have sworn,(W)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(X)
    a word that will not be revoked:(Y)
Before me every knee will bow;(Z)
    by me every tongue will swear.(AA)
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance(AB) and strength.(AC)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.(AD)
25 But all the descendants(AE) of Israel
    will find deliverance(AF) in the Lord
    and will make their boast in him.(AG)

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10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

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Mourning for the One They Pierced

10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit[a](A) of grace and supplication.(B) They will look on[b] me, the one they have pierced,(C) and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child,(D) and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 12:10 Or the Spirit
  2. Zechariah 12:10 Or to