2 Samuel 7:17 (YLT)

Passage

According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spake Nathan unto David.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 7:15 and My kindness doth not turn aside from him, as I turned it aside from Saul, whom I turned aside from before thee,

2 Samuel 7:16 and stedfast <FI>is<Fi> thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.'

2 Samuel 7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spake Nathan unto David.

2 Samuel 7:18 And king David cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, `Who <FI>am<Fi> I, Lord Jehovah? and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto?

2 Samuel 7:19 And yet this <FI>is<Fi> little in Thine eyes, Lord Jehovah, and Thou dost speak also concerning the house of Thy servant afar off; and this <FI>is<Fi> the law of the Man, Lord Jehovah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "words", "vision", "spake", "nathan", and "david". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "words" and "vision", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "and stedfast FI is Fi thy house..." into verse 18's "And king David cometh in and sitteth...", so "words" 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 "words" and "vision" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.