7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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: …
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. …
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)The first words of this chapter plainly refer to the close of the foregoing chapter, where every thing looked black and melancholy: Behold, trouble, and darkness, and dimness —very bad, yet not so bad but that to the upright there shall arise light in the darkness (Ps. 112:4) and at evening time it shall be light , Zech. 14:7. Nevertheless it shall not be such dimness (either not such for kind or…
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