2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16
Psalms 89:2-5, 27, 29
Luke 1:67-79
2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16
(1) Now it happened that, when the king had settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies (2) he said to the prophet Nathan, “Do you not see that I live in a house of cedar, and that the ark of God has been placed in the midst of tent skins? (3) And Nathan said to the king: “Go, do all that is in your heart. For the Lord is with you. (4) But it happened in that night, behold, the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying (5) “Go, and say to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord: Should you build a house for me as a dwelling place (8) And now, so shall you speak to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pastures, from following the sheep, so that you would be the leader over my people Israel (9) And I have been with you everywhere that you walked. And I have slain all your enemies before your face. And I have made you a great name, beside the name of the great ones who are upon the earth (10) And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, and they shall live there, and they shall no longer be disturbed. Neither shall the sons of iniquity continue to afflict them as before (11) from the day when I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give rest to you from all your enemies. And the Lord foretells to you that the Lord himself will make a house for you (12) And when your days will have been fulfilled, and you will sleep with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who will go forth from your loins, and I will make firm his kingdom (14) I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. And if he will commit any iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and with the wounds of the sons of men (16) And your house shall be faithful, and your kingdom shall be before your face, for eternity, and your throne shall be secure continuously.’
Psalms 89:2-5, 27, 29
(2) Before the mountains became, or the land was formed along with the world: from ages past, even to all ages, you are God (3) And, lest man be turned aside in humiliation, you have said: Be converted, O sons of men (4) For a thousand years before your eyes are like the days of yesterday, which have passed by, and they are like a watch of the night (5) which was held for nothing: so their years shall be
Luke 1:67-79
(67) And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit. And he prophesied, saying (68) “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel. For he has visited and has wrought the redemption of his people (69) And he has raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of David his servant (70) just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, who are from ages past (71) salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all those who hate us (72) to accomplish mercy with our fathers, and to call to mind his holy testament (73) the oath, which he swore to Abraham, our father, that he would grant to us (74) so that, having been freed from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear (75) in holiness and in justice before him, throughout all our days (76) And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the face of the Lord: to prepare his ways (77) to give knowledge of salvation to his people for the remission of their sins (78) through the heart of the mercy of our God, by which, descending from on high, he has visited us (79) to illuminate those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to direct our feet in the way of peace.
