Isa 9:7, 53:1-2, Dan 2:34-35, 44-45, Zec 6:12-13, Mar 4:30-32 | ESV | STEP | Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end , on the throne of David and over his kingdom , to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore . The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this .

u[See ver. 44 above]

v ver. 28

wSee ch. 3:8

x[Matt. 16:18; Heb. 3:3]; See Eph. 2:20-22

y[See ver. 12 above]

z Ps. 21:5; Ezek. 21:27

aa Ps. 110:4; Heb. 3:1

ab[Hag. 2:9]

acFor ver. 30-32, see Matt. 13:31, 32; Luke 13:18, 19

ad Matt. 17:20; Luke 17:6

Isaiah 9:7

7 Of the increase of his government and of peace
^athere will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
^bwith justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
^cThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Isaiah 53:1-2

1 ^dWho has believed what he has heard from us? ^{▼▼Or Who has believed what we have heard?}
And to whom has ^fthe arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,
^gand like a root out of dry ground;
^hhe had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.

Daniel 2:34-35

34 As you looked, a stone was cut out ⁱby no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and ^jbroke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became ^klike the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that ^lnot a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became ^ma great mountain ⁿand filled the whole earth.

Daniel 2:44-45

44 And in the days of those kings ^othe God of heaven will set up ^pa kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. ^qIt shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and ^rit shall stand forever, 45 just as ^syou saw that ^ta stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that ^uit broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A ^vgreat God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”

Zechariah 6:12-13

12 And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is ^wthe Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and ^xhe shall build the temple of the Lord. 13 ^yIt is he who shall build the temple of the Lord ^zand shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there shall be a ^aapriest on his throne, ^aband the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”’

Mark 4:30-32

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

30 ^acAnd he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? 31 It is like ^ada grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, 32 yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”