16 When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered him:

What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.(A)
Israel, return to your tents;
David, now look after your own house!(B)

So Israel went to their tents,

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16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king:

“What share(A) do we have in David,
    what part in Jesse’s son?
To your tents, Israel!(B)
    Look after your own house, David!”

So the Israelites went home.(C)

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Zion’s Future Glory

On that day the Branch[a] of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious,(A) and the fruit of the land(B) will be the pride and glory(C) of Israel’s survivors.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:2 Or plant

The Branch of the Lord

In that day(A) the Branch of the Lord(B) will be beautiful(C) and glorious, and the fruit(D) of the land will be the pride and glory(E) of the survivors(F) in Israel.

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Pay attention and come to me;
listen, so that you will live.
I will make a permanent covenant with you(A)
on the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David.[a](B)
Since I have made him a witness to the peoples,(C)
a leader and commander for the peoples,(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 55:3 Or with you, the faithful acts of kindness shown to David

Give ear and come to me;
    listen,(A) that you may live.(B)
I will make an everlasting covenant(C) with you,
    my faithful love(D) promised to David.(E)
See, I have made him a witness(F) to the peoples,
    a ruler and commander(G) of the peoples.

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They will serve the Lord their God
and David their king,
whom I will raise up for them.(A)

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Instead, they will serve the Lord their God
    and David(A) their king,(B)
    whom I will raise up for them.

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15 In those days and at that time
I will cause a Righteous Branch(A)
to sprout up for David,
and he will administer justice
and righteousness in the land.

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15 “‘In those days and at that time
    I will make a righteous(A) Branch(B) sprout from David’s line;(C)
    he will do what is just and right in the land.

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23 I will establish over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.(A)

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23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend(A) them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.(B)

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24 My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them.(A) They will follow my ordinances, and keep my statutes and obey them.(B)

25 “‘They will live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob,(C) where your ancestors lived. They will live in it forever with their children and grandchildren, and my servant David will be their prince forever.(D)

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24 “‘My servant David(A) will be king(B) over them, and they will all have one shepherd.(C) They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.(D) 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.(E) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,(F) and David my servant will be their prince forever.(G)

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Afterward, the people of Israel will return(A) and seek the Lord their God and David their king.(B) They will come with awe to the Lord(C) and to his goodness in the last days.

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Afterward the Israelites will return and seek(A) the Lord their God and David their king.(B) They will come trembling(C) to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.(D)

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“Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your colleagues sitting before you; indeed, these men are a sign that I am about to bring my servant, the Branch.(A)

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“‘Listen, High Priest(A) Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic(B) of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.(C)

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12 You are to tell him: This is what the Lord of Armies says: Here is a man whose name is Branch;(A) he will branch out from his place and build the Lord’s temple.

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12 Tell him this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Here is the man whose name is the Branch,(A) and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord.(B)

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