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"Now then, this is what you shall say to My servant David: 'This is what the LORD of armies says: "^(C1)I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, ^(C2)to be leader over My people Israel.

"And ^(C1)I have been with you wherever you have gone, and ^(C2)have eliminated all your enemies from you; I will also make a great name for you, like the names of the great men who ^(F1)are on the earth.

"And I will establish a place for My people Israel, and ^(C1)will plant them, so that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, ^(C2)nor will ^(F1)malicious people oppress them anymore as previously,

even ^(C1)from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and ^(C2)I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also declares to you that ^(C3)the LORD will make a house for you.

"^(C1)When your days are finished and you ^(F1)(C2)lie down with your fathers, ^(C3)I will raise up your ^(F2)descendant after you, who will come from ^(F3)you, and I will establish his kingdom.

"^(C1)He shall build a house for My name, and ^(C2)I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

"^(C1)I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; ^(C2)when he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and with strokes of sons of mankind,

but My favor shall not depart from him, ^(C1)as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from you.

"^(C1)Your house and your kingdom shall endure before ^(F1)Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'"

In accordance with all these words and all of this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.