For I will defendthiscityto saveit for My own sakeand for My servantDavid'ssake.'"
But to his sonI will giveonetribe,that My servantDavidmay havea lampalwaysbeforeMe in Jerusalem,the citywhereI have chosenfor Myself to putMy name.
But for David'ssakethe LORDhis Godgavehim a lampin Jerusalem,to raiseup his sonafterhim and to establishJerusalem;
"I will addfifteenyearsto your life,and I will deliveryou and thiscityfrom the handof the kingof Assyria;and I will defendthiscityfor My own sakeand for My servantDavid'ssake."'"
"O LORD,for Your servant'ssake,and according to Your own heart,You have wroughtallthisgreatness,to makeknownallthese greatthings.
Like flyingbirdssothe LORDof hostswill protectJerusalem.He will protectand deliver[it]; He will passoverand rescue[it].
"I will deliveryou and thiscityfrom the handof the kingof Assyria;and I will defendthiscity."'
"I, even I, am the one who wipesout your transgressionsfor My own sake,And I will not rememberyour sins.
But they shall servethe LORDtheir Godand Davidtheir king,whomI will raiseup for them.
"But I actedfor the sakeof My name,that it should not be profanedin the sightof the nationsamongwhomthey [lived], in whosesightI madeMyself knownto them by bringingthem out of the landof Egypt.
"Thereforesayto the houseof Israel,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"It is not for your sake,O houseof Israel,that I am about to act,but for My holyname,whichyou have profanedamong the nationswhereyou went.
The LORDof hostswill defendthem. And they will devourand trampleon the slingstones;And they will drink[and] be boisterousas with wine;And they will be filledlike a [sacrificial] basin,[Drenched] like the cornersof the altar.
whois given as a pledgeof our inheritance,with a viewto the redemptionof [God's own] possession,to the praiseof His glory.
to the praiseof the gloryof His grace,whichHe freely bestowedon us in the Beloved.
Had I not fearedthe provocationby the enemy,That their adversarieswould misjudge,That they would say,"Our handis triumphant,And the LORDhas not doneallthis."'
