²⁵ Then through the doors of this town there will come kings and princes, seated on the seat of David, going in carriages and on horseback, they and their princes, and the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem: and this town will keep its place for ever.

⁴ For if you truly do this, then there will come in through the doors of this house kings seated on the seat of David, going in carriages and on horseback, he and his servants and his people

⁷ Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.

²² But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

²¹ Then my agreement with my servant David may be broken, so that he no longer has a son to take his place on the seat of the kingdom; and my agreement with the Levites, the priests, my servants.

¹⁷ For the Lord has said, David will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel;

¹⁵ In those days and at that time, I will let a Branch of righteousness come up for David; and he will be a judge in righteousness in the land.

¹⁶ And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.

³² He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

³³ He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

³⁰ The Lord has said, Let this man be recorded as having no children, a man who will not do well in all his life: for no man of his seed will do well, seated on the seat of the kingdom of David and ruling again in Judah.

¹³ Then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, I will make all the people of this land, even the kings seated on David's seat, and the priests and the prophets and all the people of Jerusalem, overcome with strong drink.

¹¹ The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.

¹² If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever.

¹³ For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.

¹⁴ This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.

²⁹ His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.

³⁰ If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;

³¹ If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;

³² Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.

³³ But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.

³⁴ I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

³⁵ I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

³⁶ His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.

³⁷ It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)

⁴ As for you, if you will go on your way before me, as David your father did, uprightly and with a true heart, doing what I have given you orders to do, keeping my laws and my decisions;

⁵ Then I will make the seat of your rule over Israel certain for ever, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

⁴ And David took from him one thousand, seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and David had the leg-muscles of the horses cut, only keeping enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.

¹¹ And he said, This is the sort of king who will be your ruler: he will take your sons and make them his servants, his horsemen, and drivers of his war-carriages, and they will go running before his war-carriages;

¹⁶ And he is not to get together a great army of horses for himself, or make the people go back to Egypt to get horses for him: because the Lord has said, You will never again go back that way.

¹⁴ And this day is to be kept in your memories: you are to keep it as a feast to the Lord through all your generations, as an order for ever.