THE RIGHTEOUS BRANCH OF DAVID

5 “Look, the days are coming”q—this is the Lord’s declaration—

“when I will raise up a Righteous Branch for David.r

He will reign wisely as king

and administer justice and righteousness in the land.s

6 In his days Judah will be saved,

and Israel will dwell securely.t

This is the name he will be called:

The Lord Is Our Righteousness.c,u

7 “Look, the days are coming”v—the Lord’s declaration—“when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord livesw who brought the Israelites from the land of Egypt,’ 8 but, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the land of the north and from all the other countries where ID had banished them.’ They will dwell once more in their own land.”x