He shall build for Me a house for My name, and I will set up his throne, even forever.

But My mercy I will not take from him, as I took it from those whom I removed from My presence.

Only I will not take away the whole kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for David My servant's sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen.

Yet he shall have two tribes, for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

But to his son I will give the two [remaining] tribes, that My servant David may have an establishment continually before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there.

In a little wrath I turned away My face from you; but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion upon you, says the Lord that delivers you.

shall the mountains depart, nor shall your hills be removed; so neither shall My mercy fail you, nor shall the covenant of your peace be at all removed; for the Lord [who is] gracious to you has spoken [it].

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For the Lord will not reject forever.

CHAPH. For He that has brought down will pity, and that according to the abundance of His mercy.

For He must reign till He puts all His enemies under His feet.

You have overthrown the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.

And Israel shall be divided in two: and [God] will not turn nor repent, for He is not as a man to repent.

in order that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong encouragement, who have fled to take hold of the hope being set before [us];