Isa 30:8, Dan 9:2 | JFB | STEP | 8. table —a tablet ( ), 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 ; . for ever and ever —rather read, "For a testimony for ever" [ Chaldee, JEROME , LOWTH ]: "testimony is often joined to the notion of perpetuity ( ).

Isaiah 30:8

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).

Daniel 9:2

2. understood by books—rather, "letters," that is, Jeremiah's letter (Jer 29:10) to the captives in Babylon; also Jer 25:11, 12; compare 2Ch 36:21; Jer 30:18; 31:38. God's promises are the ground on which we should, like Daniel, rest sure hope; not so as to make our prayers needless, but rather to encourage them.