Charles Spurgeon Commentary Hebrews 11:10

"for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God." — Hebrews 11:10 (ASV)

For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

What a depth of meaning there is in those five words, a city which has foundation – as if all other cities had none!

They come, and they go, as if they were molehills raised on the surface of the earth, or little mounds of sand made by the children's wooden spades on the seashore, which the next tide will wash away.

What vast numbers of cities have been destroyed already! We are constantly picking up their relics. But there is, blessed be the name of the Lord, a city which has foundations, a city founded on eternal power, and we are on our way to that city, I hope.