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Echo
Later text
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.
Earlier text
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
Genesis 49:10 promises "The scepter will not depart from Judah... until Shiloh comes" (לֹא יָסוּר שֵׁבֶט מִיהוּדָה, lo yasur shevet miYhudah; the BSB edition-of-record retains "Shiloh," where the conjectural šay lōh reading yields "until tribute comes to him" — all readings converge on a coming rightful ruler) — establishing permanent royal authority in Judah's line. 2 Samuel 7:14-15 advances this trajectory: even when David's sons do wrong and receive discipline, "My loving devotion will never be removed (לֹא יָסוּר, lo yasur) from him as I removed it from Saul." The shared verb סוּר (sur, "to depart/remove") links both promises: the scepter will not depart from Judah (Gen 49:10) and God's chesed will not depart from David's line (2 Sam 7:15). Both texts affirm the irrevocable character of Judah's royal destiny — a promise that persists through failure and discipline, sustained by divine commitment rather than human merit.
▸ The Scepter Shall Not Depart ▸ The Davidic Covenant