Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
table--a tablet (Habakkuk 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 Isaiah 8:1; Isaiah 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 (Deuteronomy 31:19, Deuteronomy 31:21, Deuteronomy 31:26).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 8:1
Isaiah 8:16
Isaiah 34:16
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