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33 So shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever, but to David, and to his descendants, and to his house, and to his throne there shall be peace from the Lord forevermore.”(A)

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25 Then the people as a whole answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”(A)

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32 The Lord will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than he: Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.(A)

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14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
    and on earth peace among those whom he favors!”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.14 Other ancient authorities read peace, goodwill among people

31 And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus.(A) 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David.(B) 33 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”(C)

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The Peaceful Kingdom

11 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,
    and a branch shall grow[a] out of his roots.(A)
The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,
    the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
    the spirit of counsel and might,
    the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.(B)
His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.

He shall not judge by what his eyes see
    or decide by what his ears hear,(C)
but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor
    and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
    and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.(D)
Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist
    and faithfulness the belt around his loins.(E)

The wolf shall live with the lamb;
    the leopard shall lie down with the kid;
the calf and the lion will feed[b] together,
    and a little child shall lead them.
The cow and the bear shall graze;
    their young shall lie down together;
    and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp,
    and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.
They will not hurt or destroy
    on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 11.1 Cn Compare Syr: Heb bear fruit
  2. 11.6 Q ms Gk Syr: MT and the fatted calf

For a child has been born for us,
    a son given to us;
authority rests upon his shoulders,
    and he is named
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.(A)
Great will be his authority,[a]
    and there shall be endless peace
for the throne of David and his kingdom.
    He will establish and uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
    from this time onward and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.(B)

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  1. 9.7 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain

take away the wicked from the presence of the king,
    and his throne will be established in righteousness.(A)

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12 If your sons keep my covenant
    and my decrees that I shall teach them,
their sons also, forevermore,
    shall sit on your throne.”(A)

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They say,[a] “Appoint a wicked man against him;
    let an accuser stand on his right.(A)
When he is tried, let him be found guilty;
    let his prayer be counted as sin.(B)
May his days be few;
    may another seize his position.(C)
May his children be orphans
    and his wife a widow.(D)
10 May his children wander about and beg;
    may they be driven out of[b] the ruins they inhabit.
11 May the creditor seize all that he has;
    may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil.(E)
12 May there be no one to do him a kindness
    nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.(F)
13 May his posterity be cut off;
    may his name be blotted out in the second generation.(G)
14 May the iniquity of his father[c] be remembered before the Lord,
    and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.(H)
15 Let them be before the Lord continually,
    and may his[d] memory be cut off from the earth.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. 109.6 Heb lacks They say
  2. 109.10 Gk: Heb may they seek
  3. 109.14 Cn: Heb fathers
  4. 109.15 Gk: Heb their

Morning by morning I will destroy
    all the wicked in the land,
cutting off all evildoers
    from the city of the Lord.(A)

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36 His line shall continue forever,
    and his throne endure before me like the sun.(A)
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
    an enduring witness in the skies.” Selah

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29 I will establish his line forever
    and his throne as long as the heavens endure.(A)

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27 Therefore the skin disease of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he left his presence diseased, as white as snow.(A)

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28 Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner son of Ner. 29 May the bloodguilt fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house, and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge, or who has a defiling skin disease, or who holds a spindle, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks food!”(A)

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