If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the
Lord,
&c.] Of the sun, moon, and stars; should these leave their
proper course, and not perform their several functions, or do the
service appointed for them; should they desert their master, or
disobey his orders, turn away from him, and pay no regard to the
laws and rules he has set them: [then] the seed of Israel
shall also cease from being a nation before
me for ever;
but, as the former is impossible, so is the latter, The Jews
ceased not from being a nation through their captivity in
Babylon, nor through their destruction by the Romans; they
continue a distinct nation and people to this day, though
scattered throughout the nations of the world: though this rather
refers to the spiritual Israel, the holy nation and peculiar
people; Christ will have a seed to serve him as long as the sun
and moon endure; his church shall continue to the end of the
world; it is built on a rock; and the gates of hell cannot
prevail against it.