- And this is the name whereby she shall be called,
- The Lord is our righteousness.
17For thus saith the Lord: There shall not be cut off unto David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; 18neither shall there be cut off unto the priests the Levites a man before Me to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
19And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying: 20Thus saith the Lord:
- If ye can break My covenant with the day,
- And My covenant with the night,
- So that there should not be day and night in their season;
- 21Then may also My covenant be broken with David My servant,
- That he should not have a son to reign upon his throne;
- And with the Levites the priests, My ministers.
- 22As the host of heaven cannot be numbered,
- Neither the sand of the sea measured;
- So will I multiply the seed of David My servant,
- And the Levites that minister unto Me.
23And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying: 24'Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying: The two families which the Lord did choose, He hath cast them off? and they contemn My people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25Thus saith the Lord: If My covenant be not with day and night, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David My servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have compassion on them.'
34The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the land of his dominion, and all the peoples, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying:
2Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him: Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire; 3and thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. 4Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah: Thus saith the Lord concerning thee: Thou shalt not die by the sword; 5thou shalt die in peace; and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings that were before thee, so shall they make a burning for thee; and they shall lament thee: 'Ah lord! ' for I have spoken the word, saith the Lord.
6Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, 7when the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities.
8The word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with
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