8. table--a tablet
(Hab 2:2),
which should be set in public, containing the prophecy in a briefer
form, to be read by all.
a book--namely, a parchment roll, containing the prophecy in full,
for the use of distant posterity. Its truth will be seen hereafter when
the event has come to pass. See on
Isa 8:1;
Isa 8:16.
for ever and ever--rather read, "For a testimony for ever"
[Chaldee, JEROME,
LOWTH]: "testimony is often joined to the notion
of perpetuity
(De 31:19, 21, 26).
JFB.
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