They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
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Gill's Exposition
They shall perish,.... That is, the heavens and the earth; not as to the substance of them, but as to the quality of them; the present form and fashion of them shall pass away; the curse will be…
Barnes' Notes
They shall perish - That is, the heavens and the earth. They shall pass away; or they shall be destroyed. Probably no more is meant by the phrase here, than that important changes will take place in…
Adam Clarke
They shall perish - Permanently fixed as they seem to be, a time shall come when they shall be dissolved, and afterward new heavens and a new earth be formed, in which righteousness alone shall dwell.…
The apostle, having proved the pre-eminence of the gospel above the law from the pre-eminence of the Lord Jesus Christ above the prophets, now proceeds to show that he is much superior not only to the…
Cambridge Bible
They shall perish Isa 34:4, &c.; 2Pe 3:12; Rev 21:1. remainest The verb means "abidest through all times."
as doth a garment A common Scripture metaphor. Isa 50:9, &c.
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