13. In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks shall again pass under the hands of him who counts them,’ says the Lord.
14. ‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that I will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah:
15. ‘In those days and at that timeI will cause to grow up to DavidA Branch of righteousness;He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
16. In those days Judah will be saved,And Jerusalem will dwell safely.And this is the name by which she will be called:THE Lord OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.’
17. “For thus says the Lord: ‘David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;