If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
Parallel translations
- WEB If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;
- KJV If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
- NKJV “Ifhis sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,
- NASB ¶“If his sons abandon My Law And do not walk in My judgments,
- NLT But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my regulations,
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Quick answer
God anticipates that David's descendants may forsake His law and disobey His commands.
Overview
The covenant includes a realistic provision for the king's sons straying from God's ways. This introduces the conditional element governing individual kings' experience of blessing. Their failures highlight the need for a faithful Son of David who would perfectly keep God's law (Matt. 5:17).
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Cross-references · 12
- 2 Sam 7:14I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
- 1 Chr 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- Ps 119:53Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
- Prov 28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
- Ps 132:12If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
- Prov 4:2For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.
- Ezek 18:17He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.
- 2 Chr 7:17–22And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
- Jer 9:13–16And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.
- Ezek 20:19I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them.
- Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- Ezek 18:9He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.
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