"Inclineyour earand cometo Me. Listen,that you may live;And I will makean everlastingcovenantwith you, [According to] the faithfulmerciesshown to David.
"I will establishMy covenantbetweenMe and you and your descendantsafteryou throughout their generationsfor an everlastingcovenant,to be Godto you and to your descendantsafteryou.
"The sceptershall not departfrom Judah,Northe ruler'sstafffrom betweenhis feet,UntilShilohcomes,And to him [shall be] the obedienceof the peoples.
"Trulyis not my housesowith God?For He has madean everlastingcovenantwith me, Orderedin allthings,and secured;For allmy salvationand all[my] desire,Will He not indeedmake [it] grow?
"Nowtherefore, may it pleaseYou to blessthe houseof Your servant,that it may continueforeverbeforeYou. For You, O LordGOD,have spoken;and with Your blessingmay the houseof Your servantbe blessedforever."
"O LORDGod,do not turnawaythe faceof Your anointed;remember[Your] lovingkindnessto Your servantDavid."
I have inclinedmy heartto performYour statutesForever,[even] to the end.Samekh.
Let my soullivethat it may praiseYou, And let Your ordinanceshelpme.
Listen,O my people,to my instruction;Inclineyour earsto the wordsof my mouth.
"My lovingkindnessI will keepfor him forever,And My covenantshall be confirmedto him.
"So I will establishhis descendantsforeverAnd his throneas the daysof heaven.
And He said,"Ifyou will giveearnestheedto the voiceof the LORDyour God,and dowhat is rightin His sight,and giveearto His commandments,and keepallHis statutes,I will putnoneof the diseaseson you whichI have puton the Egyptians;for I, the LORD,am your healer."
My son,giveattentionto my words;Inclineyour earto my sayings.
Keepmy commandmentsand live,And my teachingas the appleof your eye.
"Payattentionto Me, O My people,And giveearto Me, O My nation;For a lawwill goforthfrom Me, And I will setMy justicefor a lightof the peoples.
"For the mountainsmay be removedand the hillsmay shake,But My lovingkindnesswill not be removedfrom you, And My covenantof peacewill not be shaken,"Saysthe LORDwho hascompassionon you.
"In an outburstof angerI hidMy facefrom you for a moment,But with everlastinglovingkindnessI will havecompassionon you," Saysthe LORDyour Redeemer.
For I, the LORD,lovejustice,I haterobberyin the burntoffering;And I will faithfullygivethem their recompenseAnd makean everlastingcovenantwith them.
But they shall servethe LORDtheir Godand Davidtheir king,whomI will raiseup for them.
"I will makean everlastingcovenantwith them that I will not turnawayfrom them, to dothem good;and I will putthe fearof Me in their heartsso that they will not turnawayfrom Me.
thenI would rejectthe descendantsof Jacoband DavidMy servant,not takingfrom his descendantsrulersoverthe descendantsof Abraham,Isaacand Jacob.But I will restoretheir fortunesand will havemercyon them.'"
But Jeremiahsaid,"They will not giveyou over. Pleaseobeythe LORDin whatI am sayingto you, that it may gowellwith you and you may live.
"They will askfor the wayto Zion,[turning] their facesin its direction;they will comethat they may jointhemselves to the LORD[in] an everlastingcovenantthat will not be forgotten.
"Nevertheless, I will rememberMy covenantwith you in the daysof your youth,and I will establishan everlastingcovenantwith you.
"And I, the LORD,will be their God,and My servantDavidwill be princeamongthem; I the LORDhave spoken.
"I will makea covenantof peacewith them and eliminateharmfulbeastsfrom the landso that they may livesecurelyin the wildernessand sleepin the woods.
"I will makea covenantof peacewith them; it will be an everlastingcovenantwith them. And I will placethem and multiplythem, and will setMy sanctuaryin their midstforever.
So you shall keepMy statutesand My judgments,by whicha manmay liveif he doesthem; I am the LORD.
For thussaysthe LORDto the houseof Israel,"SeekMe that you may live.
"Seekthe LORDthat you may live,OrHe will breakforthlike a fire,O houseof Joseph,And it will consumewith noneto quench[it] for Bethel,
"Cometo Me, allwho are wearyand heavy-laden,and I will give you rest.
"But blessedare your eyes,becausethey see;and your ears,becausethey hear.
While he was stillspeaking,a brightcloudovershadowedthem, and behold,a voiceout of the cloudsaid,"Thisis My belovedSon,with whomI am well-pleased;listento Him!"
"My sheephearMy voice,and I knowthem, and they followMe;
"Allthat the FathergivesMe will cometo Me, and the one who comesto Me I will certainlynot castout.
Nowon the lastday,the great[day] of the feast,Jesusstoodand criedout, saying,"Ifanyoneis thirsty,let him cometo Me and drink.
"He who is of Godhearsthe wordsof God;for thisreasonyou do not hear[them], becauseyou are not of God."
"[As for the fact] that He raisedHim up from the dead,no longerto returnto decay,He has spokenin this way:I WILL GIVEYOU THE HOLY[and] SURE[blessings] OF DAVID.'
For Moseswritesthat the manwho practicesthe righteousnesswhich is basedon lawshall liveby that righteousness.
Nowthe Godof peace,who broughtup from the deadthe greatShepherdof the sheepthroughthe bloodof the eternalcovenant,[even] Jesusour Lord,
