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Verse 5

"For all the peoples walk everyone in the name of his god; and we walk in the name of Jehovah our God forever and ever."

"All the peoples walk everyone in the name of his god ..." This comment explains that the glorious promises of the prior four verses do not pertain to those who continue to walk in the darkness of paganism. They violently abuse this passage who would make it declare that, "paganism is perfectly proper for pagans!"[20] What is clearly evident here is the fact that the glorious promises of the previous four verses will be limited to the persons walking in the name of the true God, the promise being certified to them that they shall indeed do so forever and ever. Even the cessation of their lives upon earth will not be the end of their walk with the Master.

"We walk..." "By saying `we,' the prophet identified himself with the faithful people. The Church shall never fail. Heathen powers last for a time, but the kingdom of heaven is everlasting."[21] "The fact that this promise is now fulfilled in Christ, and is not to be fulfilled in some future time is abundantly clear from the New Testament."[22] The great implication of this verse is that:

"Even at the time when many nations stream to the mountain of the Lord, there will still be nations that do not seek Jehovah and his word, a thought that is still further expanded in Micah 5:4ff.[23]

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