And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
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Gill's Exposition
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up,.... In order to lay them aside, and make no use of them in the manner they now are; just as clothes, when they are grown old, or out of fashion, are folded…
Barnes' Notes
And as a vesture - A garment; literally something thrown around - περιβόλαιον peribolaion - and denoting properly the outer garment, the cloak or mantle; see notes, Mat 5:40. “Shalt thou fold them…
Adam Clarke
And they shall be changed - Not destroyed ultimately, or annihilated. They shall be changed and renewed.
But thou art the same - These words can be said of no being but God; all others are changeable…
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
shalt thou fold them up Lit., "Thou shalt roll them up." This reading (ἑλίξελς) is found in most MSS. and is perhaps an unconscious reminiscence of Isa 34:4 (comp. Rev 6:14); but א, D read "thou shalt…
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