23They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: …
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. …
The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. …
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-25)If these promises were in part fulfilled when the Jews, after their return out of captivity, were settled in peace in their own land and brought as it were into a new world, yet they were to have their full accomplishment in the gospel church, militant first and at length triumphant. The Jerusalem that is from above is free and is the mother of us all . In the graces and comforts which believers h…
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