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'Behold, ^(C1)days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will ^(C2)fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

'In those days and at that time I will make a ^(C1)righteous Branch of David sprout; and He shall execute ^(C2)justice and righteousness on the earth.

'In those days ^(C1)Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety; and this is the name by which it will be called: the ^(C2)LORD is our righteousness.'

"For this is what the LORD says: '^(F1)David shall ^(C1)not lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

^(F1)and the ^(C1)Levitical priests shall not lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to ^(C2)prepare sacrifices ^(F2)continually.'"

And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

"This is what the LORD says: 'If you can ^(C1)break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night do not occur at their proper time,

then ^(C1)My covenant with David My servant may also be broken, so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers.

'As the ^(C1)heavenly ^(F1)lights cannot be counted, and the ^(C2)sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will ^(C3)multiply the ^(F2)descendants of My servant David and the ^(C4)Levites who serve Me.'"

And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

"Have you not observed what these people have asserted, saying, 'The ^(C1)two families which the LORD chose, He has ^(C2)rejected them'? So they ^(C3)despise My people as no longer being a nation ^(F1)in their sight.

"This is what the LORD says: 'If My ^(C1)covenant for day and night does not continue, and I have ^(C2)not established the ^(F1)fixed patterns of heaven and earth,

then I would ^(C1)reject the ^(F1)descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so as not to take from his ^(F1)descendants ^(C2)rulers over the ^(F1)descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But I will ^(C3)restore their fortunes and have ^(C4)mercy on them.'"