The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
The verse sets out what would have happened if Israel had listened to God and walked in His ways. Those who hated the Lord submitting to Him means that God Himself would have subdued Israel's enemies on their behalf. Their time, with its prosperity and peace, would have continued on and endured forever. Heeding God and keeping His commandments brings His promised blessings and lasting favor, while refusing His invitations and disobeying brings His displeasure and the loss of blessing.
The verse belongs to the account that explains Israel's scattering as the result of forgetting God and failing to heed Him and remain faithful to Him. Forgetting God was the cause of their scattering. That same forgetting of God that scattered Israel is happening in the churches in the land today.
The verse sets out what would have happened if Israel had listened to God and walked in His ways. Those who hated the Lord submitting to Him means that God Himself would have subdued Israel's enemies on their behalf. Their time, with its prosperity and peace, would have continued on and endured forever. Heeding God and keeping His commandments brings His promised blessings and lasting favor, while refusing His invitations and disobeying brings His displeasure and the loss of blessing.
The verse belongs to the account that explains Israel's scattering as the result of forgetting God and failing to heed Him and remain faithful to Him. Forgetting God was the cause of their scattering. That same forgetting of God that scattered Israel is happening in the churches in the land today.