...his hand : and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. And !ڴ Y P't i "hT 5K )uO xC @ _ } 2 V CS1 ; BO he shall open, and none shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open." And once more, if...

...and calls them the sepulchres of the kings of Persia. Bp. LOWTH, in loc. • No. 248. — xxii. 22. The key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder.] The difficulties which commentators have found in this passage are judiciously removed by the learned...

...Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah ; he shall take a tender care of the city 22 and country. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder, that is, he shall be lord steward of the household, bearing a key at the badge of his office ; so he...

...monuments, and calls them the sepulchres of the kings of Persia. Bp. LOWTH, in loc. No- 248. — xxii. 22. The key of the house of David •will I lay upon his shoulder.~\ The difficulties which commentators have found in this passage are judiciously removed by the learned...

...branch shall grow out of his roots. Isa. xi. 4. With righteousness shall he judge. Rom. xv. 2. xxii. 22. The key of the house of David, will I lay upon his shoulders. Jer. xxx. 5. I will raise unto David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and prosper,...

...foreigner in blood and false in heart, yet hath command in the house of Hezekiah, and say, XXII. 22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his fhoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. I will put...

...the treasures of knowledge; he, with all his fulness, is our sapphire throne, our throne of grace. " The key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder: so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut» and none shall open. And I will fasten him...

...will commit thy government into his hand, (that of " Shebna, who was over the house, ver. 15). And the " key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder : " he shall open, and none shall shut ; and he shall shut, and, " none shall open." And we see likewise...

...David. A key is an instrument which opens what was locked up, and concealed. Isaiah xxii. 22, " And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder, so he shall open and none shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open." The Jewish teachers...

...government ' of that house. In this sense the word is used in Isaiah : Speaking of Eliakim, God says, ' The key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder ; so he shall open, and none shall •shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open.'j Was there any...