Passage
According to all these wordes, and according to all this vision, Nathan spake thus vnto Dauid.
2 Samuel 7:17 (GNV)
Nearby Context
2 Samuel 7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I tooke it from Saul whome I haue put away before thee.
2 Samuel 7:16 And thine house shall be stablished and thy kingdome for euer before thee, euen thy throne shalbe stablished for euer.
2 Samuel 7:17 According to all these wordes, and according to all this vision, Nathan spake thus vnto Dauid.
2 Samuel 7:18 Then King Dauid went in, and sate before the Lord, and sayde, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
2 Samuel 7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God, therefore thou hast spoken also of thy seruants house for a great while: but doth this appertaine to man, O Lord God?
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "wordes", "vision", "nathan", "spake", "thus", "vnto", and "dauid". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wordes" and "vision", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 16's "And thine house shall be stablished and..." into verse 18's "Then King Dauid went in and sate...", so "wordes" and "vision" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "wordes" and "vision" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.