31 But if his sons abandon my law, and if they do not walk in my judgments,
32 if they profane my justices, and if they do not keep my commandments:
33 I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their sins with a beating.
34 But I will not scatter my mercy from him, and I will not do harm to my truth.
35 And I will not profane my covenant, and I will not make void that which proceeds from my lips.
36 I have sworn by my holiness one time: I will not lie to David,
37 his offspring will remain for eternity. And his throne will be like the sun in my sight,