And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah For the further explanation and confirmation of what is before said; and which came at the same time as the other; this being not a new prophecy, but an illustration of the former: saying; as follows:
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"For thus says the Lord: 'David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;
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nor shall the priests, the Levites, lack a man to offer burnt offerings before Me, to kindle grain offerings, and to sacrifice continually.' "
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And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
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"Thus says the Lord: 'If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season,
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then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levites, the priests, My ministers.