“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.
“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.’

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  1. Jeremiah 23:5 Lit Sprout
  2. Jeremiah 23:5 Or succeed

“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah (A)as well; they will go along (B)weeping as they go, and it will be (C)the Lord their God they will seek. They will (D)ask for the way to Zion, turning their faces [a]in its direction; [b]they [c]will come that they may join themselves to the Lord in an (E)everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.

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  1. Jeremiah 50:5 Lit hither
  2. Jeremiah 50:5 M.T. reads come ye!
  3. Jeremiah 50:5 Or will have come

21 Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will (A)take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and I will make them (B)one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and (C)one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms. 23 They will (D)no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but (E)I will deliver them from all their [a]dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.

The Davidic Kingdom

24 “My servant (F)David will be king over them, and they will all have (G)one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them.

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  1. Ezekiel 37:23 Another reading is backslidings