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and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”
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Verse 33. Those are here called of the house of Jacob, who out of the multitude of the Jews believed in Christ. This is conformable to that text of Saint Paul: All are not Israelites that are of Israel, but the children of the promise are accounted for the seed. Romans 9:6, 8. S. Chrysos. hom. vii. on S. Matt.—And of his kingdom there shall be no end: which clearly shews it was not to be a temporal, but a spiritual and an eternal kingdom. Witham.
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