‏ Isaiah 30:8

8. table--a tablet (Ha 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 Is 8:1; Is 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).

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