Bible Strands
Jeremiah 30:9
Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses a restored Israel and Judah immediately after promising to break their foreign oppressors' yoke. This declaration marks the transition from deliverance to the new political and spiritual order.
The words — עָבְדוּ (‘āḇ·ḏū) means “they will serve,” and דָּוִד (dā·wîḏ) identifies the king whom Yahweh will raise. The syntax explicitly binds covenant service to Yahweh with submission to a Davidic ruler.
The thread — The phrase “LORD their God and David their king” appears verbatim in Hosea 3:5 as a marker of post-exilic return. Luke 1:69 applies the Davidic raising motif to the birth of the Messiah.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to accept that national restoration hinges on dual allegiance to God and His appointed king. It frames future security not as autonomy but as structured obedience under established authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
Cross-references
- Hosea 3:5 Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
- Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
- Luke 1:69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
- Ezekiel 37:23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Acts 13:34 In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
- Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Ezekiel 34:23 I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
- Acts 2:30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
- Acts 13:23 From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.