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Psalm 89:29
I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
27I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.
29I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;
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A throne lasting “as the days of heaven” sets the frailty of human rule against the vast span of God's promise to David.
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Psalm 21:4He asked life of you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.Both passages describe life enduring forever through God's action, one in answer to a request and one through a promise concerning offspring.
Psalm 89:4‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.Both record God's promise to establish David's offspring forever and sustain his throne across generations.
Psalm 89:36His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.Both promise enduring offspring and compare the throne's duration to the heavens, with the sun named in verse 36.
Deuteronomy 11:21that your days and your children’s days may be multiplied in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the …Both use the days of heaven to describe duration, linking the lives of descendants with what God has promised.
2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.God promises in both passages to establish an enduring throne, with forever marking the reach of his commitment.
2 Samuel 22:51He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.”Both connect God's commitment to his king with David's offspring and extend that commitment forever.
Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and …Both describe David's throne enduring forever through God's action; Isaiah also names justice and righteousness as marks of that rule.
Psalm 45:6Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.Both speak of a throne lasting forever, though Psalm 45 addresses God and names equity as a feature of his kingdom.
Isaiah 53:10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his …Both mention offspring and enduring life, though Isaiah speaks of a suffering figure's prolonged days rather than a throne.
Jeremiah 30:21Their prince will be one of them, and their ruler will proceed from among them. I will cause him to draw near, and he will approach me; for who is he who has …Both describe God's action concerning a ruler; Jeremiah speaks of access to God, while the psalm promises enduring offspring.
Luke 1:32–33He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,Both connect a throne with God's action for David's line; Luke names its recipient as the Son of the Most High.
Daniel 2:44“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it …Both describe royal rule established by God and lasting forever; Daniel also declares that this kingdom will never be destroyed.
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The future of David's line rests on God's pledged action. The promise reaches beyond one king's lifespan: God says he will make the offspring endure forever.
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