2:35 until I make your enemies a footstool 1 for your feet.”’ 2
7:49 ‘Heaven is my throne,
and earth is the footstool for my feet.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is my resting place? 3
1 sn The metaphor make your enemies a footstool portrays the complete subjugation of the enemies.
2 sn A quotation from Ps 110:1, one of the most often-cited OT passages in the NT, pointing to the exaltation of Jesus.
3 sn What kind…resting place? The rhetorical questions suggest mere human beings cannot build a house to contain God.