14 (A)I will be his Father, and he shall be (B)My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the [a]blows of the sons of men. 15 But My mercy shall not depart from him, (C)as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 And (D)your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before [b]you. Your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:14 strokes
  2. 2 Samuel 7:16 LXX Me

14 I will be his father, and he will be my son.(A) When he does wrong, I will punish him(B) with a rod(C) wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. 15 But my love will never be taken away from him,(D) as I took it away from Saul,(E) whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me[a]; your throne(F) will be established(G) forever.(H)’”

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts you

19 (A)“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them,

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19 “But if you[a] turn away(A) and forsake(B) the decrees and commands I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods and worship them,

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  1. 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.

20 (A)then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house which I have [a]sanctified for My name I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a (B)byword among all peoples.

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20 then I will uproot(A) Israel from my land,(B) which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule(C) among all peoples.

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30 “If(A) his sons (B)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,

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30 “If his sons forsake my law
    and do not follow my statutes,

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