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For thus says the Lord , ‘^[g]David shall ^(ai)never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

^[h]and the ^(aj)Levitical priests shall never lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to ^(ak)prepare sacrifices ^[i]continually.'"

The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

"Thus says the Lord , ‘If you can ^(al)break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,

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

As the ^(an)host of heaven cannot be counted and the ^(ao)sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will ^(ap)multiply the ^[j]descendants of David My servant and the ^(aq)Levites who minister to Me.'"

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

"Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The ^(ar)two families which the Lord chose, He has ^(as)rejected them'? Thus they ^(at)despise My people, no longer are they as a nation ^[k]in their sight.

Thus says the Lord , ‘If My ^(au)covenant for day and night stand not, and the ^[l]fixed patterns of heaven and earth I have ^(av)not established,

then I would ^(aw)reject the ^[m]descendants of Jacob and David My servant, ^[n]not taking from his ^[o]descendants ^(ax)rulers over the ^[p]descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will ^(ay)restore their ^[q]fortunes and will have ^(az)mercy on them.'"