Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
Parallel translations
- WEB but they will serve Yahweh their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.
- KJV But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
- NKJV But they shall serve the Lord their God, And David their king, Whom I will raise up for them.
- NASB But they shall serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
- NLT For my people will serve the Lord their God and their king descended from David— the king I will raise up for them.
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Quick answer
Freed from foreign masters, God's people will serve the LORD and 'David their king,' whom God will raise up. This points to the promised Messiah from David's line.
Overview
Spoken long after King David's death, the promise of 'David their king' looks ahead to the Messiah, the Son of David. Reformed and broadly evangelical interpreters see this fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the eternal King who reigns over a restored people. True freedom is found in glad service to God under His anointed King.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Hos 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
- Isa 55:3–5Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
- Luke 1:69He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
- Acts 13:34In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
- Ezek 37:23–25They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Acts 2:30But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
- Jer 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Acts 13:23From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.
- Ezek 34:23–24I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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