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For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make your officers peace, and righteousness your ruler.
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A Divine Upgrade
Commentators explain that God's promise to replace brass with gold and iron with silver is a powerful metaphor for a complete and glorious transformation. This points to the superior glory of the new covenant in Christ, the beautifying effect of the gospel on society, and God's plan to continually bless His people with something far better than what they had before.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For brass I will bring gold - This commences the description of the happy times when the Gentiles would be led to embrace the true …
19th Century
Anglican
For brass I will bring gold ... The material wealth of the days of Solomon (1 Kings 10:21–27) furnishes anoth…
Baptist
And those who despised you shall bow themselves down at the soles of your feet, and they shall call you, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the …
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16th Century
Protestant
For brass I will bring gold. He alludes to the building of the ancient temple and compares it with the heavenly and spiritual temple, as i…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron
We must look for the full accomplishment in times and things, exceeding those of the Old Testament church. The nations and their kings will devote …
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Arise, be enlightened. Here he begins to present the promise of salvation regarding three things:
