The Lord our righteousness] RV 'The Lord is our righteousness.' The name is here given to the city, as it was given in Jeremiah 23:6 to the king.

17, 18. In these vv. the prophet declares the permanence of the office of king in the Davidic line, and of the priesthood among the Levites. The prophecy is sometimes mystically interpreted of Christ.

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