Jeremiah 23:5

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3 “But ^aI will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

4 I will set up ^ashepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking,” says the Lord.

5 “Behold, ^athe days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;
A King shall reign and¹ prosper,
^bAnd execute¹ judgment and righteousness in the² earth.

6 ^aIn His days Judah will be saved,
And Israel ^bwill dwell safely;
Now ^cthis is His name by which He will be called: ¹THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

7 “Therefore, behold, ^athe days are coming,” says the Lord, “that they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’

8 but, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country ^aand from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own ^bland.”

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9 My heart within me is broken
Because of the prophets;
^aAll my bones shake.
I am like a drunken man,
And like a man whom wine has overcome,
Because of the Lord,
And because of His holy words.

10 For ^athe land is full of adulterers;
For ^bbecause of a curse the land mourns.
^cThe pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up.
Their course of life is evil,
And their might is not right.

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Barnes' Notes

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Jeremiah 23:5

Even with the temporal kingship abolished, David' s mercies are still sure.

A righteous Branch - Or, sprout, germ (see Isaiah 4:2 note). The sprout is that in which the root springs up and grows, and which, if it be destroyed, makes the root perish also.

And a king shall reign ... - Rather, and he shall reign as king. David' s family is to be dethroned (temporally), that it may reign gloriously (spiritually). But compare Jeremiah 33:17, note; Jeremiah 33:25, note.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 23:5:

2 Samuel 7:13
2 Kings 24:17
Isaiah 4:2
Isaiah 11:1
Isaiah 11:1
Jeremiah 22:30
Jeremiah 30:9
Jeremiah 33:14
Hosea 3:5
Amos 4:2
Zechariah 3:8
Zechariah 9:9
Zechariah 11:7
Matthew 1:1
John 1:45

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