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Ask of me; claim or demand it of me, as thy right by my promise, and thy birth and purchase.
For thine inheritance; to be possessed and enjoyed by thee in a manner of an inheritance, to wit, constantly, surely, and perpetually.
The uttermost parts of the earth; either,
1. The whole land of Canaan, from one end of it to the other, as this phrase is used, Psa_61:2 72:8; which is but a very narrow sense, and that was but a very small kingdom, and no way agreeable to those magnificent expressions here used. Or rather,
2. The whole world, not only the Jewish nation, but the Gentiles also, as this phrase is almost universally used in the Old Testament, as Psa_19:4 22:28 46:10 65:5 Isa_40:28 45:22, &c. And so these words declare the great amplitude of the kingdom of the Messiah.