"YAHWEH further says, 'The day is coming when I will raise up a king who is David's righteous successor. HE will rule wisely and govern with justice and righteousness. That will be a grandiose era when Judah will enjoy peace and Israel will live in safety. HE will be called YAHWEH-our-justice!'
'These days are coming,' says YAHWEH, 'when people shall no longer swear by YAHWEH as the living GOD who freed the people of Israel from the land of Egypt. Rather, they will swear by YAHWEH as the living GOD who restored the descendants of Israel from the northern empire and from all the lands where HE had driven them, to live again in their own land!'" - Jeremiah 23:5-8
(GOD is preparing for HIS people a shepherd who will look after the sheep. They will call HIM YAHWEH-is-our-justice: this is a way of contrasting HIM with the king of the time, Zedekiah, which means YAHWEH-is-my-justice.)
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