“Although my house is not so with God,
(A)Yet He has made with me an everlasting covenant,
Ordered in all things and secure.
For this is all my salvation and all my desire;
Will He not make it increase?

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Incline your ear, and (A)come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
(B)And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
The (C)sure mercies of David.

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(A)For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a (B)Son is given;
And (C)the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
(D)Wonderful, Counselor, (E)Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, (F)Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of His government and peace
(G)There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The (H)zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

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14 (A)I will be his Father, and he shall be (B)My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the [a]blows of the sons of men. 15 But My mercy shall not depart from him, (C)as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 And (D)your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before [b]you. Your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 7:14 strokes
  2. 2 Samuel 7:16 LXX Me

40 And (A)I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but (B)I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me.

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28 (A)My mercy I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
29 His seed also I will make to endure forever,
(B)And his throne (C)as the days of heaven.

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Benediction, Final Exhortation, Farewell

20 Now may (A)the God of peace (B)who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, (C)that great Shepherd of the sheep, (D)through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

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19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, (A)and which enters the Presence behind the veil,

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34 And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to [a]corruption, He has spoken thus:

(A)‘I will give you the sure [b]mercies of David.’

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:34 the state of decay
  2. Acts 13:34 blessings

Israel Will Be Restored

11 “On(A) that day I will raise up
The [a]tabernacle of David, which has fallen down,
And [b]repair its damages;
I will raise up its ruins,
And rebuild it as in the days of old;

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  1. Amos 9:11 Lit. booth; a figure of a deposed dynasty
  2. Amos 9:11 Lit. wall up its breaches

26 Moreover I will [a]make (A)a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and (B)multiply them, and I will set My (C)sanctuary in their midst forevermore.

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  1. Ezekiel 37:26 Lit. cut

25 “Thus says the Lord: ‘If (A)My covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not (B)appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth, 26 (C)then I will (D)cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captives to return, and will have mercy on them.’ ”

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“For (A)I, the Lord, love justice;
(B)I hate robbery [a]for burnt offering;
I will direct their work in truth,
(C)And will make with them an everlasting covenant.

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  1. Isaiah 61:8 Or in

Those who come He shall cause (A)to take root in Jacob;
Israel shall blossom and bud,
And fill the face of the world with fruit.

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The Reign of Jesse’s Offspring(A)

11 There (B)shall come forth a [a]Rod from the [b]stem of (C)Jesse,
And (D)a Branch shall [c]grow out of his roots.

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  1. Isaiah 11:1 Shoot
  2. Isaiah 11:1 stock or trunk
  3. Isaiah 11:1 be fruitful

11 And it shall be, when your days are (A)fulfilled, when you must [a]go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your (B)seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 (C)He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 (D)I will be his Father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, (E)as I took it from him who was before you. 14 And (F)I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”

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  1. 1 Chronicles 17:11 Die and join your ancestors

(A)I planted, (B)Apollos watered, (C)but God gave the increase. So then (D)neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

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14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: (A)Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear (B)a Son, and shall call His name (C)Immanuel.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 7:14 Lit. God-With-Us

The Renewal of Zion

In that day (A)the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious;
And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing
For those of Israel who have escaped.

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כ KAPH

81 (A)My soul faints for Your salvation,
But I hope in Your word.

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“I(A) have made a covenant with My chosen,
I have (B)sworn to My servant David:

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25 (A)Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
26 (B)My flesh and my heart fail;
But God is the [a]strength of my heart and my (C)portion forever.

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  1. Psalm 73:26 Lit. rock

Joy in the Fellowship of God

A Psalm of David (A)when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

63 O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;
(B)My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land
Where there is no water.
So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see (C)Your power and Your glory.

(D)Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise You.

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He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my [a]defense;
I shall not be greatly (A)moved.[b]

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  1. Psalm 62:2 strong tower
  2. Psalm 62:2 shaken

(A)One thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may (B)dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,
To behold the [a]beauty of the Lord,
And to inquire in His temple.

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  1. Psalm 27:4 delightfulness

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