Nevertheless for David's sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem;
2 Kings 19:34 - New Revised Standard Version For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.’ ” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for My servant David's sake. American Standard Version (1901) For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake. Common English Bible I will defend this city and save it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.” Catholic Public Domain Version And I will protect this city, and I will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of my servant David." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for David my servant's sake. |
Nevertheless for David's sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem;
I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David's sake.”
Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of his servant David, since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his descendants forever.
Like birds hovering overhead, so the Lord of hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it, he will spare and rescue it.
I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and defend this city.
I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for why should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
For my name's sake I defer my anger, for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, so that I may not cut you off.
His authority shall grow continually, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
only then could my covenant with my servant David be broken, so that he would not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with my ministers the Levites.
would I reject the offspring of Jacob and of my servant David and not choose any of his descendants as rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes, and will have mercy upon them.
Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.
But I will have pity on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God; I will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by war, or by horses, or by horsemen.”
Then I will encamp at my house as a guard, so that no one shall march to and fro; no oppressor shall again overrun them, for now I have seen with my own eyes.
this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God's own people, to the praise of his glory.
to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
but I feared provocation by the enemy, for their adversaries might misunderstand and say, “Our hand is triumphant; it was not the Lord who did all this.”