8 Now say this to my servant David, ‘This is what Jehovah of armies says: “I took you from the pastures, from following the flock,+ to become a leader over my people Israel.+

16 Your house and your kingdom will be secure forever before you; your throne will be firmly established forever.”’”+

 5 Is not my house like that before God?

25 “This is what Jehovah says: ‘Just as surely as I have established my covenant regarding the day and the night,+ the laws* of heaven and earth,+ 26 so I will never reject the offspring* of Jacob and of my servant David, so as not to take from his offspring* rulers over the descendants* of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will gather back their captives+ and have pity on them.’”+

34 And the fact that He resurrected him from the dead never again to return to corruption, He has stated in this way: ‘I will give you the expressions of loyal love promised to David, which are faithful.’*+