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12 When your days are full and you lie down with your ancestors,[a] I will raise up your offspring after you who will go out from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be a father to him, and he will be a son for me, whom I will punish when he does wrong, with a rod of men and with blows of the human beings.[b] 15 But my loyal love shall not depart from him as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before you; your throne shall be established forever.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 7:12 Or “fathers”
  2. 2 Samuel 7:14 Literally “children of men”

12 When your days are over and you rest(A) with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood,(B) and I will establish his kingdom.(C) 13 He is the one who will build a house(D) for my Name,(E) and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.(F) 14 I will be his father, and he will be my son.(G) When he does wrong, I will punish him(H) with a rod(I) wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. 15 But my love will never be taken away from him,(J) as I took it away from Saul,(K) whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me[a]; your throne(L) will be established(M) forever.(N)’”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 7:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts you

“But as for me, I have set my king
on Zion, my holy mountain.”

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“I have installed my king(A)
    on Zion,(B) my holy mountain.(C)

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27 I will also make him the firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.

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27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,(A)
    the most exalted(B) of the kings(C) of the earth.

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Yahweh Gives Authority to His Messiah

Of David. A psalm.[a]

110 A declaration of Yahweh to my lord,
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies your footstool.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 110:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm

Psalm 110

Of David. A psalm.

The Lord says(A) to my lord:[a]

“Sit at my right hand(B)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 110:1 Or Lord

For a child has been born for us;
    a son has been given to us.
And the dominion will be on his shoulder,
    and his name is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
        Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
His dominion will grow continually,
    and to peace there will be no end[a]
on[b] the throne of David and over[c] his kingdom,
    to establish it[d] and sustain it
with justice and righteousness
    now and forever.
The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:7 Literally “There is no end to the increase of the dominion and to peace”
  2. Isaiah 9:7 Or “for”
  3. Isaiah 9:7 Or “for”
  4. Isaiah 9:7 That is, the kingdom

For to us a child is born,(A)
    to us a son is given,(B)
    and the government(C) will be on his shoulders.(D)
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor,(E) Mighty God,(F)
    Everlasting(G) Father,(H) Prince of Peace.(I)
Of the greatness of his government(J) and peace(K)
    there will be no end.(L)
He will reign(M) on David’s throne
    and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
    with justice(N) and righteousness(O)
    from that time on and forever.(P)
The zeal(Q) of the Lord Almighty
    will accomplish this.

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14 And to him was given dominion and glory and kingship that[a] all the peoples, the nations, and languages would serve him; his dominion is a dominion without end[b] that will not cease, and his kingdom is one that will not be destroyed.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 7:14 Aramaic “and”
  2. Daniel 7:14 Literally “of eternity”

14 He was given authority,(A) glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him.(B) His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom(C) is one that will never be destroyed.(D)

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