¹³ Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe^(A) for the sake^(B) of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”^(C)

²⁰ When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.^(A)

³² But for the sake^(A) of my servant David and the city of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, he will have one tribe.

¹¹ Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name^(A)—there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the Lord.^(B)

³² He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.^(A) The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,^{(B) 33} and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom^(C) will never end.”^(D)

⁵ But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name^(A) there for his dwelling.^(B) To that place you must go;

¹⁷ For this is what the Lord says: ‘David will never fail^(H) to have a man to sit on the throne of Israel, ¹⁸ nor will the Levitical^(I) priests^(J) ever fail to have a man to stand before me continually to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to present sacrifices.^(K)’”

¹⁹ The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ²⁰ “This is what the Lord says: ‘If you can break my covenant with the day^(L) and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time,^{(M) 21} then my covenant^(N) with David my servant—and my covenant with the Levites^(O) who are priests ministering before me—can be broken and David will no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne.^{(P) 22} I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me as countless^(Q) as the stars in the sky and as measureless as the sand on the seashore.’”

²³ The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ²⁴ “Have you not noticed that these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two kingdoms^[b](R) he chose’? So they despise^(S) my people and no longer regard them as a nation.^{(T) 25} This is what the Lord says: ‘If I have not made my covenant with day and night^(U) and established the laws^(V) of heaven and earth,^{(W) 26} then I will reject^(X) the descendants of Jacob^(Y) and David my servant and will not choose one of his sons to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes^[c](Z) and have compassion^(AA) on them.’”