Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 23:5
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5. As Messianic prophecy extended over many years in which many political changes took place in harmony with these, it displayed its riches by a variety more effective than if it had been manifested all at once. As the moral condition of the Jews required in each instance, so Messiah was exhibited in a corresponding phase, thus becoming more and more the soul of the nation's life: so that He is represented as the antitypical Israel ( Isaiah 49:3 ). unto David —HENGSTENBERG observes that Isaiah dwells more on His prophetical and priestly office, which had already been partly set forth ( Deuteronomy 18:18 ; Psalms 110:4 ). Other prophets dwell more on His kingly office. Therefore here He is associated with "David" the king: but in Psalms 110:4- : with the then poor and unknown "Jesse." righteous Branch —"the Branch of righteousness" ( Psalms 110:4- : ); "The Branch" simply ( Zechariah 3:8 ; Zechariah 6:12 ); "The Branch of the Lord" ( Isaiah 4:2 ). prosper —the very term applied to Messiah's undertaking ( Isaiah 4:2- : , Margin; Isaiah 4:2- : ). Righteousness or justice is the characteristic of Messiah elsewhere, too, in connection with our salvation or justification ( Isaiah 53:11 ; Daniel 9:24 ; Zechariah 9:9 ). So in the New Testament He is not merely "righteous" Himself, but "righteousness to us" ( Zechariah 9:9- : ), so that we become "the righteousness of God in Him" ( Romans 10:3 ; Romans 10:4 ; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21 ; Philippians 3:9 ). execute judgment and justice in the earth — ( Psalms 72:2 ; Isaiah 9:7 ; Isaiah 32:1 ; Isaiah 32:18 ). Not merely a spiritual reign in the sense in which He is "our righteousness," but a righteous reign "in the earth" ( Jeremiah 3:17 ; Jeremiah 3:18 ). In some passages He is said to come to judge, in others to reign. In Jeremiah 3:18- : , He is called "the King." Jeremiah 3:18- : unites them. Compare Daniel 7:22 ; Daniel 7:26 ; Daniel 7:27 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"
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