You said,“ Here is the covenant I have made with my chosen one. Here is the promise I have made to my servant David.

我与我所拣选的人立了约，向我的仆人大卫起了誓：

“我与我所拣选的人立了约，向我的仆人大卫起了誓：

“我与我所拣选的人立了约，向我的仆人大卫起了誓：

你曾说：“我与我所拣选的人立了约，向我的仆人大卫起了誓，

你曾说：‘我和我所拣选的人立了约，向我的仆人大卫起了誓，说：

你曾说：“我与我所拣选的人立了约，我向我的仆人大卫起了誓：

我與我所揀選的人立了約，向我的僕人大衛起了誓：

「我與我所揀選的人立了約，向我的僕人大衛起了誓：

「我與我所揀選的人立了約，向我的僕人大衛起了誓：

你曾說：「我與我所揀選的人立了約，向我的僕人大衛起了誓，

你曾說：‘我和我所揀選的人立了約，向我的僕人大衛起了誓，說：

『我對我所揀選的人立了約；我向我僕人大衛起了誓：

你曾說：「我與我所揀選的人立了約，我向我的僕人大衛起了誓：

我與所簡之人立約、對於我僕大衛宣誓兮、

維昔上帝、曰、臣僕大闢、余所遴選、與之盟約兮、

主曾云、我與我所選之人立約、向我僕人大衛發誓、

惟仁為安宅。惟義乃天梯。

You said,“ I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,

You have said,“ I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:

The Lord said,“ I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant. I have sworn this oath to him:

The LORD said,“ I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn an oath to David my servant:

“ I have made a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to My servant David,

“ I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David:

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:

The Lord said,“ I have made a covenant with My chosen one; I have sworn an oath to David My servant:

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

The LORD said,“ I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:

“ I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

The Lord made a promise to David. It is a firm promise that he will never break. He said,“ After you die, I will place one of your own sons on your throne.

I will provide a place where my people Israel can live. I will plant them in the land. Then they will have a home of their own. They will not be bothered anymore. Evil people will no longer crush them, as they did at first.That is what your enemies have done ever since I appointed leaders over my people Israel. But I will give you peace and rest from all of them.“‘ “I tell you that I, the Lord, will set up a royal house for you.Some day your life will come to an end. You will join the members of your family who have already died. Then I will make one of your own sons the next king after you. And I will make his kingdom secure.He is the one who will build a house where I will put my Name. I will set up the throne of his kingdom. It will last forever.I will be his father. And he will be my son. When he does what is wrong, I will use other men to beat him with rods and whips.I took my love away from Saul. I removed him from being king. You were there when I did it. But I will never take my love away from your son.Your royal house and your kingdom will last forever in my sight. Your throne will last forever.” ’ ”

The Lord said,“ Could you ever break my covenant with the day? Could you ever break my covenant with the night? Could you ever stop day and night from coming at their appointed times?Only then could my covenant with my servant David be broken. Only then could my covenant with the Levites who serve me as priests be broken. Only then would David no longer have someone from his family line to rule on his throne.

A voice from heaven said,“ This is my Son, and I love him. I am very pleased with him.”

‘ I brought my people Israel out of Egypt. Ever since, I haven’t chosen a city in any tribe of Israel where a temple could be built for my Name. But I have chosen David to rule over my people Israel.’

Instead, they will serve me. And they will serve David their king. I will raise him up for them. I am the Lord their God.

But David was a prophet. He knew that God had made a promise to him. God had promised that he would make someone in David’s family line king after him.

I will not break my covenant. I will not go back on my word.Once and for all, I have made a promise. It is based on my holiness. And I will not lie to David.

“ Here is my servant. I take good care of him. I have chosen him. I am very pleased with him. I will put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

“ Here is my servant. I have chosen him. He is the one I love. I am very pleased with him. I will put my Spirit on him. He will announce to the nations that everything will be made right.He will not argue or cry out. No one will hear his voice in the streets.He will not break a bent twig. He will not put out a dimly burning flame. He will make right win over wrong.The nations will put their hope in him.”( Isaiah 42:1–4)

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High God. The Lord God will make him a king like his father David of long ago.The Son of the Most High God will rule forever over his people. They are from the family line of Jacob. That kingdom will never end.”

You have broken the covenant you made with him. You have thrown your servant’s crown into the dirt.

But Jesus became a priest with a promise. God said to him,“ The Lord has given his word and made a promise. He will not change his mind. He has said,‘ You are a priest forever.’ ”( Psalm 110:4)

“ Suppose my royal family was not right with God. Then he would not have made a covenant with me that will last forever. Every part of it was well prepared and made secure. Then God would not have saved me completely or given me everything I longed for.

He chose his servant David. He took him from the sheep pens.

I will place one shepherd over them. He will belong to the family line of my servant David. He will take good care of them. He will look after them. He will be their shepherd.I am the Lord. I will be their God. And my servant from David’s family line will be the prince among them. I have spoken. I am the Lord.

Listen and come to me. Pay attention to me. Then you will live. I will make a covenant with you that will last forever. I will give you my faithful love. I promised it to David.

I will do for David what the Lord promised him. If I don’t, may God punish me greatly.

After that, the people of Israel will return to the Lord their God. They will look to him and to a king from the family line of David. In the last days, they will tremble with fear as they come to the Lord. And they will receive his full blessing.

I will continue to love him forever. I will never break my covenant with him.

You once spoke to your faithful people in a vision. You said,“ I have given strength to a soldier. I have raised up a young man from among the people.