Psalms 132:11 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 132:11

The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

BSB

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ASV

Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

KJV

The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

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Commentary

3 voices

Cyril of Jerusalem

Catechetical Lecture 12:23 (386)

That the Lord was to be born of a virgin we know clearly; now we must show of what stock the virgin was. "The Lord swore to David a firm promise from which he will not withdraw: 'Your own offspring I will set on your throne.' " Again, "I will make his posterity endure forever and his throne as the days of heaven."

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 7 (1885)

Here we come to a grand covenant pleading of the kind which is always prevalent with the Lord. The Lord hath sworn in truth unto, David. We cannot urge anything with God which is equal to his own word and oath. Jehovah swears that our faith may have strong confidence in it: he cannot forswear himself. He swears in truth, for he means every word that he utters; men may be perjured, but none will be so profane as to imagine this of the God of truth.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

For thy servant David's sake--that is, On account of the promise made to him. turn . . . anointed--Repulse not him who, as David's descendant, pleads the promise to perpetuate his royal line. After reciting the promise, substantially from 2Sa 7:12-16 (compare Ac 2:30, &c.), an additional plea,

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נִשְׁבַּֽע־	nish.ba'-	he swore an oath	H7650 →
יְהוָ֨ה׀	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לְדָוִ֡ד	le.da.Vid	to David	H1732 →
אֱמֶת֮	'e.Met	faithfulness	H571 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יָשׁ֪וּב	ya.Shuv	he will turn back	H7725 →
מִ֫מֶּ֥נָּה	mi.Me.nah	from it	H4480 →
מִפְּרִ֥י	mi.pe.Ri	one of [the] fruit of	H6529 →
בִטְנְךָ֑	vit.ne.Kha	belly your	H990 →
אָ֝שִׁ֗ית	'a.Shit	I will set	H7896 →
לְכִסֵּא־	le.khi.se'-	to throne	H3678 →
לָֽךְ׃	Lakh	of you

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 110:4
The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
leads to
- Hebrews 7:17
  For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Hebrews 5:6
  And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Hebrews 7:21
  but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
- Genesis 14:18
  Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
- Hebrews 7:28
  For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
Through
Acts 2:30
But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
leads to
- Psalms 132:11–18
  The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
- Psalms 89:3–4
  You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
- Jeremiah 33:14–15
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

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The Covenants

Six covenants in succession, cumulative rather than replacing. Adamic, Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, New. Each narrowing the line of promise while widening the scope of fulfillment.

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