Jer 23:5-6

"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will

raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will

reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.

In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in

safety. This is the name by which He will be called:

The LORD Our Righteousness.

Jer 33:15-17

In those days and at that time I will make a righteous

Branch sprout from David's line; He will do what is just

and right in the land. In those days Judah will be saved

and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by

which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

For this is what the LORD says: 'David will never fail

to have a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.

Matthew Henry Commentary

(1.) Christ is here spoken of as a branch from David,

the man the branch , His appearance mean,

His beginnings small, like those of a bud or sprout,

and His rise seemingly out of the earth, but growing

to be green, to be great, to be loaded with fruits.

A branch from David's family, when it seemed to be a

root in a dry ground, buried, and not likely to revive.

Christ is the root and offspring of David, .

In Him doth the horn of David bud, .

He is a branch of God's raising up; He sanctified Him,

and sent Him into the world, gave Him His commission

and qualifications. He is a righteous branch, for He

is righteous Himself, and through Him many, even all

that are His, are made righteous. As an advocate, He

is Jesus Christ the Righteous.

(2.) He is here spoken of as His church's King. This

branch shall be raised as high as the throne of His

father David, and there He shall reign and prosper,

not as the kings that now were of the house of David,

who went backward in all their affairs. No; He shall

set up a kingdom in the world that shall be victorious

over all opposition. In the chariot of the everlasting

gospel He shall go forth, He shall go on conquering and

to conquer. If God raise Him up, He will prosper Him, for

He will own the work of His own hands; what is the good

pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in the hands of those

to whom it is committed. He shall prosper; for He shall

execute judgment and justice in the earth, all the world

over .