My righteousness will exist to eternity, and My salvation from generation to generation.^a Awake as in the days of old, the generations of eternity.^b Isa 51:8, 9.

In the same prophet,

I will make you an eternal magnificence,^c a joy of generation after generation. Isa 60:15.

In the same prophet,

Its smoke will go up to eternity. From generation to generation it will be laid waste; no one will pass through it for ever and ever.^d Isa 34:10.

In David,

The counsel of Jehovah will stand to eternity, the thoughts of His heart to all generations.^e Ps 33:11.

In the same author,

I will praise Your name to eternity and forever.^f Generation to generation will praise Your works. Ps 145:2-4.

In the same author,

They will fear You with the sun, and before the moon, from generation to generation.^g Ps 72:5.

In Moses,

This is My name to eternity, and this is My memorial from one generation to another.^h Exod 3:15.

There are very many other places besides these. When it says that things will exist 'to eternity' and from 'generation to generation', 'eternity' has regard to the Divine Celestial or Good, and 'generation' to the Divine Spiritual or Truth. For in the Word, especially the prophetic part, two expressions that have reference to one and the same thing are very frequently used, as in the places quoted above in which eternity and generation to generation occur. They are used because of the heavenly marriage that is present in every single part of the Word. The heavenly marriage is a marriage of good and truth, or the Lord and heaven joined together, see the places referred to in 9263.

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