10 Mercy and truth have met together;
(A)Righteousness and peace have kissed.

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10 Love and faithfulness(A) meet together;
    righteousness(B) and peace kiss each other.

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Let not mercy and truth forsake you;
(A)Bind them around your neck,
(B)Write them on the tablet of your heart,

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Let love and faithfulness(A) never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(B)

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14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Mercy and truth go before Your face.

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14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;(A)
    love and faithfulness go before you.(B)

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The Peace of God’s Reign

16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17 (A)The work of righteousness will be peace,
And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
18 My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,
In secure dwellings, and in quiet (B)resting places,

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16 The Lord’s justice(A) will dwell in the desert,(B)
    his righteousness(C) live in the fertile field.
17 The fruit of that righteousness(D) will be peace;(E)
    its effect will be quietness and confidence(F) forever.
18 My people will live in peaceful(G) dwelling places,
    in secure homes,(H)
    in undisturbed places of rest.(I)

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(A)The mountains will bring peace to the people,
And the little hills, by righteousness.

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May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
    the hills the fruit of righteousness.

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“Behold, (A)the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;
A King shall reign and [a]prosper,
(B)And execute [b]judgment and righteousness in the [c]earth.
(C)In His days Judah will be saved,
And Israel (D)will dwell safely;
Now (E)this is His name by which He will be called:

[d]THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:5 act wisely
  2. Jeremiah 23:5 justice
  3. Jeremiah 23:5 land
  4. Jeremiah 23:6 Heb. YHWH Tsidkenu

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will raise up for David[a] a righteous Branch,(A)
a King(B) who will reign(C) wisely
    and do what is just and right(D) in the land.
In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.(E)
This is the name(F) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.(G)

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  1. Jeremiah 23:5 Or up from David’s line

For the Lord is good;
(A)His mercy is everlasting,
And His truth endures to all generations.

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For the Lord is good(A) and his love endures forever;(B)
    his faithfulness(C) continues through all generations.

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And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord (A)God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in (B)goodness and (C)truth, (D)keeping mercy for thousands, (E)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, (F)by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”

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And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate(A) and gracious God, slow to anger,(B) abounding in love(C) and faithfulness,(D) maintaining love to thousands,(E) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.(F) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;(G) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”(H)

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21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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21 so that, just as sin reigned in death,(A) so also grace(B) might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life(C) through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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17 For (A)the law was given through Moses, but (B)grace and (C)truth came through Jesus Christ.

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17 For the law was given through Moses;(A) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(B)

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54 He has helped His (A)servant Israel,
(B)In remembrance of His mercy,
55 (C)As He spoke to our (D)fathers,
To Abraham and to his (E)seed forever.”

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54 He has helped his servant Israel,
    remembering to be merciful(A)
55 to Abraham and his descendants(B) forever,
    just as he promised our ancestors.”

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24 He shall say,
[a]‘Surely in the Lord I have (A)righteousness and strength.
To Him men shall come,
And (B)all shall be ashamed
Who are incensed against Him.

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  1. Isaiah 45:24 Or Only in the Lord are all righteousness and strength

24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance(A) and strength.(B)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.(C)

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to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,”

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and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”

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