Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
My mercy shall not depart ... - Hence, Isaiah' s saying, the sure mercies of David Isaiah 55:3, i. e. unfailing, lasting mercies: mercies which are like streams of water that never dry up Isaiah 33:16; Jeremiah 15:18. This is explained in II Samuel 7:16, where the word established is the same word as is rendered sure in Isaiah.
Before thee - Before Me is probably the true reading in II Samuel 7:15-16 (if the rest of the text be sound), according to the analogy of Jeremiah 35:19; I Samuel 2:30, I Samuel 2:35; and many other places; whereas the idea contained in the reading, before thee, is unparalleled. But the reading in I Chronicles 17:13 is quite different: "As I took it from him that was before thee," meaning Saul, which gives a very good sense, and suggests that the text here may have been corrupted.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Exodus 20:1-17
2 Samuel 7:15
2 Samuel 23:5
1 Kings 2:4
Psalms 18:50
Psalms 89:3
Psalms 89:19
Psalms 89:28
Psalms 89:35
Jeremiah 23:4
Zechariah 1:4
Acts 2:30
Hebrews 1:5
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