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Jehovah solemnly departsfrom His desecrated temple (xi. ). [Footnote 1: For 390 in iv. 5 the Septuagint correctly reads 190, and this includes the forty years of Judah's captivity. ] This general theme of the sin and fate of the city is continued withvariations throughout the rest of the first half of the book. Thehorrors of the siege and exile are symbolically indicated, xii. 1-20, and the false prophets and prophetesses, xiii. 17, are reproved anddenounced for encouraging, by their shallow op...timism, the unbeliefof the people, xii. 21-xiv. 11. For the judgment will assuredly comeand no intercession will avail, xiv. 12-23. Israel, in her misery, is like the wood of the vine, unprofitable to begin with, and now, besides, scarred and burnt (xv. ); her whole career has been one ofconsistent infidelity--Israel and Judah alike (xvi. ). And her kingsare as perfidious as her people-witness Zedekiah's treachery to theking of Babylon (xvii. ). But contrary to prevalent opinion, the presentgeneration is not atoning for the sins of the past; every man is freeand responsible and is dealt with precisely as he deserves--the soulthat sinneth, _it_ shall die (xviii.
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