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 \v 12 When he dies and is buried, I will appoint one of his own sons to be king, and I will make him to be a very powerful king.
 \v 13 He is the one who will arrange for a temple to be built for me. I will make his rule over Israel to last forever.
-\v 14 I will be like a father to him, and it will be as though he is a son to me. When he does something that is wrong, I will punish him as fathers punish their sons.
+\v 14 I will be a father to him, and he is a son to me. When he does something that is wrong, I will punish him as fathers punish their sons.
 
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 \v 15 But I will never stop faithfully loving him as I stopped loving Saul, whom I removed from being king before David became king.