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17His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued{H8735)}{H8675)}{H8686)} as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed{H8691)} in him: all nations shall call him blessed{H8762)}.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2-17)This is a prophecy of the prosperity and perpetuity of the kingdom of Christ under the shadow of the reign of Solomon. It comes in, 1. As a plea to enforce the prayer: “Lord, give him thy judgments and thy righteousness , and then he shall judge thy people with righteousness , and so shall answer the end of his elevation, Ps. 72:2. Give him thy grace, and then thy people, committed to his charge,…
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