⁵^hBehold, ⁱthe days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous ^kBranch, and ^la King shall reign and ^mprosper, and shall execute ⁿjudgment and justice in the earth.

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Jeremiah 23:5: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.”

Footnotes

hTo ver. 6, ch. 33:14–16.
iver. 7. See ch. 9:25.
kSee Isai. 4:2. So Isai. 11:1.
l Isai. 32:1. ch. 30:9. Hos. 3:5. Zech. 9:9. Matt. 2:2. & 27:42. Luke 19:38. John 1:49. See Matt. 25:34. & Luke 1:32. Comp. Isai. 40:11, 12.
n Isai. 9:7. So Ps. 72:2. Isai. 32:1. Dan. 9:24.

Cross references

m Isai. 52:13.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,

“when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch,

a King who will reign wisely

and do what is just and right in the land.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

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

He will reign wisely as king

and administer justice and righteousness in the land.

NLTNew Living Translation

“For the time is coming,”

says the Lord,

“when I will raise up a righteous descendant

from King David’s line.

He will be a King who rules with wisdom.

He will do what is just and right throughout the land.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Look, days are coming,” declares Yahweh,

“when I will raise up for David a righteous branch,

and he will reign as king, and he will achieve success,

and he will do justice and righteousness in the land.