I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not forever.'"
KJV
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
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Commentary
And I will for this afflict the seed of David,.... For the idolatry Solomon had been guilty of, and connived at:
but not for ever; for when the ten tribes were carried captive, the kingdom of Judah flourished under Hezekiah, Josiah, &c. and though the tribe of Judah was carried captive, yet it returned after seventy years captivity, and had rulers over it of the seed of David; and especially to the Messiah has God given the throne of his father David, of whose kingdom there will he no end,
Luk 1:32
, and Jarchi's note on the text is,
"for in the days of the Messiah the kingdom shall return to it,''
the seed of David; and Abarbinel says, of a truth, at the coming of our Messiah, this prophecy will be fulfilled; but the true Messiah is come already, in whom it is fulfilled; see Kimchi and Abendana, who refer to
Eze 37:19
.
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