“Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock,(A) and appointed you ruler(B) over my people Israel.(C)

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Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

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Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)“I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.

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He does not take his eyes off the righteous;(A)
    he enthrones them with kings(B)
    and exalts them forever.(C)

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He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

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(A)He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But (B)they are on the throne with kings,
For He has seated them forever,
And they are exalted.

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23 I will drive him like a peg(A) into a firm place;(B) he will become a seat[a] of honor(C) for the house of his father.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:23 Or throne

23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.

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23 I will fasten him as (A)a peg in a secure place,
And he will become a glorious throne to his father’s house.

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26 this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Take off the turban, remove the crown.(A) It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low.(B)

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26 Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.

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26 thus says the Lord God:

“Remove the turban, and take off the crown;
Nothing shall remain the same.
(A)Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted.

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