And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
Parallel translations
- WEB I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
- BSB I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.
- NKJV And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.
- NASB And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I the Lord have spoken.
- NLT And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be a prince among my people. I, the Lord, have spoken!
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Quick answer
The LORD will be their God and His servant David their prince. God's reign and the Davidic Messiah's rule are joined together.
Overview
God affirms the covenant bond, 'I, Yahweh, will be their God,' while appointing 'David' as prince among them. The two are not rivals: the Messiah rules under and for God. This anticipates the mystery resolved in Christ, who is both the Davidic king and God Himself come to shepherd His people (cf. v.15). The solemn 'I, Yahweh, have spoken it' guarantees the promise.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 27
- Jer 23:5–6Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
- Jer 31:33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Ezek 36:28And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
- Ezek 37:27My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Rev 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
- Exod 29:45–46And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
- Isa 43:2–3When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
- Ezek 37:23Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
- Matt 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
- Mic 5:2But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
- Zech 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
- Luke 1:31–33And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
- Acts 5:31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
- Eph 1:21–22Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
- Phil 2:9–11Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
- Heb 2:9–10But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
- 1 Cor 15:25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
- Ps 2:6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- Rev 19:13–16And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
- Jer 33:15–17In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
- Jer 32:38And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
- Jer 31:1At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
- Jer 30:9But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
- Josh 5:13–15And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
- Isa 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
- Ezek 39:22So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
- Ezek 34:30–31Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
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