If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
Parallel translations
- WEB If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”
- KJV If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
- NKJV If your sons will keep My covenant And My testimony which I shall teach them, Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forevermore.”
- NASB “If your sons will keep My covenant And My testimony which I will teach them, Their sons also will sit upon your throne forever.”
- NLT If your descendants obey the terms of my covenant and the laws that I teach them, then your royal line will continue forever and ever.”
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Quick answer
The promise of an enduring throne is tied to the descendants keeping God's covenant. It holds together God's faithfulness and the call to covenant obedience.
Overview
God's oath includes the condition that David's sons keep His covenant and testimony, with the promise of an everlasting throne attached. The earthly line often failed this obedience, exposing the need for a faithful King. Christ alone perfectly kept the covenant, securing the eternal throne promised to David.
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Cross-references · 7
- Luke 1:32–33He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
- Ps 89:30–35If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
- Isa 59:21“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
- 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.
- Ps 102:28The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
- Ps 115:14May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.
- Isa 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
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