⁵ “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will raise up for David^[a] a righteous Branch,^(A)
a King^(B) who will reign^(C) wisely
    and do what is just and right^(D) in the land.

¹⁵ “‘In those days and at that time
    I will make a righteous^(A) Branch^(B) sprout from David’s line;^(C)
    he will do what is just and right in the land.

⁷⁸ because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun^(A) will come to us from heaven