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I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle: there was a peculiar sort of robe and girdle which was the badge of his office, which should be taken from him, and given to Eliakim.
He shall be a father; he shall not only have the authority of a father, which thou now hast, in which respect all rulers are called fathers, as Exo_20:12 Num_36:1; but shall also govern them with fatherly care and affection, and not with rigour and cruelty, as thou dost.