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22 (A)But the Lord will always be merciful and keep all his promises.[a] He will never destroy the descendants of David, whom he chose and who loved him. So for Israel's sake he allowed David's family to survive.

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  1. Sirach 47:22 Hebrew keep all his promises; Greek will not destroy what he made.

22 But the Lord will never give up his mercy
    or cause any of his words[a] to perish;
he will never blot out the descendants of his chosen one
    or destroy the family line of him who loved him.
So he gave a remnant to Jacob
    and to David a root from his own family.(A)

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  1. 47.22 Heb Syr: Gk works

22 But God does not withdraw his mercy,
    nor permit even one of his promises to fail.
He does not uproot the posterity of the chosen,
    nor destroy the offspring of his friends.
So he gave to Jacob a remnant,
    to David a root from his own family.(A)

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22 Thou hast stained thy glory, and defiled thy seed so as to bring wrath upon thy children, and to have thy folly kindled,

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