But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

But they shall serve the Lord - instead of serving strangers (), they shall serve the Lord, their rightful King in the theocracy ().

David their king - no king of David's seed has held the sceptre since the captivity; because Zerubbabel, though of David's line, never claimed the title of "king." The Son of David, Messiah, must therefore be meant; so the Targum (cf. Isaiah 55:3; Ezekiel 34:23; ; ; Romans 11:25). He was appointed to the throne of David (; ). He is here joined with Yahweh as claiming equal allegiance. God is our "King" only when we are subject to Christ; God rules us not immediately, but through His Son (John 5:22; ).

Whom I will raise up - applied to the judges whom God raised up as deliverers of Israel out of the hand of its oppressors (; ). So Christ was raised up as the antitypical Deliverer (; ; ; ).

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