2 Samuel 7:12-16
New American Standard Bible 1995
12 (A)When your days are complete and you (B)lie down with your fathers, (C)I will raise up your [a]descendant after you, who will come forth from [b]you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 (D)He shall build a house for My name, and (E)I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 (F)I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; (G)when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, 15 but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, (H)as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 (I)Your house and your kingdom shall endure before [c]Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’”
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- 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit seed
- 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit your bowels
- 2 Samuel 7:16 So with Gr and some ancient mss; M.T. you
Isaiah 2:1-11
New American Standard Bible 1995
God’s Universal Reign
2 The word which (A)Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Now it will come about that
(B)In the last days
The (C)mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be established [a]as the chief of the mountains,
And will be raised above the hills;
And (D)all the nations will stream to it.
3 And many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
That He may teach us [b]concerning His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For the [c]law will go forth (E)from Zion
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 And He will judge between the nations,
And will [d]render decisions for many peoples;
And (F)they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
(G)Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
And never again will they learn war.
5 Come, (H)house of Jacob, and let us walk in the (I)light of the Lord.
6 For You have (J)abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob,
Because they are filled with influences from the east,
And they are soothsayers (K)like the Philistines,
And they (L)strike bargains with the children of foreigners.
7 Their land has also been filled with silver and gold
And there is no end to their treasures;
Their land has also been filled with (M)horses
And there is no end to their chariots.
8 Their land has also been (N)filled with idols;
They worship the (O)work of their hands,
That which their fingers have made.
9 So (P)the common man has been humbled
And the man of importance has been abased,
But (Q)do not forgive them.
10 (R)Enter the rock and hide in the dust
(S)From the terror of the Lord and from the splendor of His majesty.
11 The [e](T)proud look of man will be abased
And the (U)loftiness of man will be humbled,
And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
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- Isaiah 2:2 Lit on
- Isaiah 2:3 Or some of
- Isaiah 2:3 Or instruction
- Isaiah 2:4 Or reprove many
- Isaiah 2:11 Lit eyes of the loftiness of men
Isaiah 19:19-25
New American Standard Bible 1995
19 In that day there will be an (A)altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a (B)pillar to the Lord near its border. 20 It will become a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the Lord because of oppressors, and He will send them a (C)Savior and a [a](D)Champion, and He will deliver them. 21 Thus the Lord will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day. They will even worship with (E)sacrifice and offering, and will make a vow to the Lord and perform it. 22 The Lord will strike Egypt, striking but (F)healing; so they will (G)return to the Lord, and He will respond to them and will heal them.
23 In that day there will be a (H)highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians will (I)worship with the Assyrians.
24 In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25 whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed is (J)Egypt My people, and Assyria (K)the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”
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- Isaiah 19:20 Lit Mighty One
Jeremiah 23:5-8
New American Standard Bible 1995
5 “Behold, the (A)days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will raise up for David a righteous [a](B)Branch;
And He will (C)reign as king and [b]act wisely
And (D)do justice and righteousness in the land.
6 “In His days Judah will be saved,
And (E)Israel will dwell securely;
And this is His (F)name by which He will be called,
‘The (G)Lord our righteousness.’
7 “(H)Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when they will no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ 8 (I)but, ‘As the Lord lives, who (J)brought up and led back the descendants of the household of Israel from the north land and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ Then they will live on their own soil.”
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- Jeremiah 23:5 Lit Sprout
- Jeremiah 23:5 Or succeed
Jeremiah 33:14-18
New American Standard Bible 1995
The Davidic Kingdom
14 ‘Behold, (A)days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will (B)fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a (C)righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute (D)justice and righteousness on the earth. 16 In those days (E)Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell in safety; and this is the name by which she will be called: the (F)Lord is our righteousness.’ 17 For thus says the Lord, ‘[a]David shall (G)never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel; 18 [b]and the (H)Levitical priests shall never lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to (I)prepare sacrifices [c]continually.’”
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- Jeremiah 33:17 Lit There shall not be cut off for David
- Jeremiah 33:18 Lit there shall not be cut off for the Levitical priests
- Jeremiah 33:18 Lit all the days
Ezekiel 37:24-28
New American Standard Bible 1995
The Davidic Kingdom
24 “My servant (A)David will be king over them, and they will all have (B)one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them. 25 They will live on the land that I gave to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their sons and their sons’ sons, forever; and (C)David My servant will be their prince forever. 26 I will make a (D)covenant of peace with them; it will be an (E)everlasting covenant with them. And I will [a]place them and (F)multiply them, and will set My (G)sanctuary in their midst forever. 27 My (H)dwelling place also will be with them; and (I)I will be their God, and they will be My people. 28 And the nations will know that I am the Lord (J)who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever.”’”
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- Ezekiel 37:26 Lit give
Amos 9:10-15
New American Standard Bible 1995
10 “All the (A)sinners of My people will die by the sword,
Those who say, ‘(B)The calamity will not overtake or confront us.’
The Restoration of Israel
11 “In that day I will (C)raise up the fallen [a](D)booth of David,
And wall up its (E)breaches;
I will also raise up its ruins
And rebuild it as in the (F)days of old;
12 (G)That they may possess the remnant of (H)Edom
And all the [b]nations who are (I)called by My name,”
Declares the Lord who does this.
13 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When the (J)plowman will overtake the reaper
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
When the (K)mountains will drip sweet (L)wine
And all the hills will be dissolved.
14 “Also I will (M)restore the [c]captivity of My people Israel,
And they will (N)rebuild the ruined cities and live in them;
They will also (O)plant vineyards and drink their wine,
And make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 “I will also plant them on their land,
And (P)they will not again be rooted out from their land
Which I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.
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