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But Judah will be inhabited forever, And Jerusalem from generation to generation.
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God's Eternal People
Commentators widely interpret "Judah" and "Jerusalem" not as earthly places, but as symbols for the one true people of God—the Church. Albert Barnes explains that while earthly nations and even the earth itself will end, God's people, the true "Judah" (which means praise), will endure forever.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Judah shall dwell for ever - Not earthly Judah, nor earthly Jerusalem, for these must come to an end, together with the earth itsel…
16th Century
Protestant
God here testifies that His redemption would not be for a short time, but that its fruit would be for a long period, indeed, perpetual. For it woul…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But Judah shall dwell for ever The converted Jews shall dwell in their own land for ever, to the end of the world and nev…
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