14But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: …
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-15)Let us observe here, I. How desirous and solicitous good people should be to serve the interests of God’s kingdom in the world, to the utmost of their capacity. David could not be easy in a house of cedar while the ark was lodged within curtains, 1 Chron. 17:1. The concerns of the public should always be near our hearts. What pleasure can we take in our own prosperity if we see not the good of Jer…
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