Thus. WebWhat are the common divisions of Isaiah made by contemporary scholars? Salvation was to be of the Jews, in that the Messiah would be a Jew (John 4:22), and by the Jews, as messengers of salvation to all men (Genesis 12:2, 3; 22:18; Isaiah 42:1, 6; 43:10; Galatians 3:8, 16, 18). The consecutive order of the book of Haggai would indicate that his whole recorded ministry lasted not longer than 31/2 months, beginning (chapter 1:1) on August 29, 520 B.C., and extending, in his last two recorded speeches (chapter 2:10, 20), to December 18, 520. He purposed to make them an honor to His name and a blessing to the nations about them. Yet not Gedaliah is made governor over the small group of Jews that remain in Jerusalem. Jeremiah sank into the mud, according to the biblical account. Micah, Hosea, and Jeremiah. Before the Israelites entered the Promised Land, God warned them not to forget that the blessings they were to enjoy there if they cooperated with Him would come as divine gifts (see Deuteronomy 8:7-14), not primarily as the result of their own wisdom and skill (verses 17-19). Shortly after this event he once more rose to a high position of honor and responsibility in the newly formed Persian Empire (chapter 6). With Him there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning (James 1:17). The accompanying chart enables the reader to study these prophets in their historical setting. The postexilic view.The absence of any reference to a king of Judah or to Assyria or Babylon, the reference to the hostility of Tyre and Sidon, and the mention of Greeks have been taken by some commentators as evidence for a postexilic date for Joel. However, all his messages were addressed to the northern nation. See on Zechariah 1:8. Godlinessgodlikenessis the goal to be reached. National greatness. Israel would reply, Accept our God as your God, love and serve Him as we do, and He will do the same for you. The blessings thus assured Israel were, on the same conditions and in the same degree, assured to every nation and to every individual under the broad heavens see Acts 10:34, 35; 15:7-9; Romans 10:12, 13; etc.). King James Bible At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. Furthermore, Old Testament prophecy must first be examined in terms of its historical application to literal Israel before the validity of a derived application to spiritual Israel may be undertaken. 22 quart mirro pressure canner There is no god but He. Furthermore, the fact that the people of Tyre and Sidon do not appear as hostile nations of Judah until the last decades of its history, while they are mentioned by Joel as Judahs enemies, seems also to point to a late date for the prophets ministry. WebThe major prophets are Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, and the other twelve (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi) are minor. Theoretically, the word minor signifies not lesser moral or religious or literary stature but only lesser length. Beholding Israels righteousness (Isaiah 62:1, 2), the Gentiles would acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed (Isaiah 61:9, 10; cf. WebWhat are the common divisions of Isaiah made by contemporary scholars? Church tradition suggests that Jeremiah was stoned to death in Egypt by the Jews. (27-3) Ezekiel 25:3. He went to Bethel, a sanctuary city of the northern kingdom, to deliver prophecies of warning, reproof, and doom to Israel. Malachi 3:12), and their God the only true God (Isaiah 45:14). Obadiahs prophecy, directed against Edom, presupposes that a looting of Jerusalem and a carrying away of many Jews into captivity had recently taken place. 1. That some of the words he uses are also found in Jeremiah (Obadiah 1, 3, 4; cf. According to tradition, how was Isaiah killed? In Abraham God found a man ready to yield unqualified obedience to the divine will (Genesis 26:5; Hebrews 11:8) and to cultivate a similar spirit in his posterity (Genesis 18:19). In so doing we shall be secure against the fanciful explanations sometimes given certain Old Testament prophecies. Yet, since Gods purposes are immutable (Psalms 33:11; Prov. 3:5). It would become an object lesson of the results of acting in harmony with moral, as with natural, law. In a mysterious way known only to God the prophets words were sometimes intended to meet their fulfillment in the then far-distant future. 4:14; Colossians 2:2-4, 8; 2 Peter 1:16; Revelation 22:18). 1 Kings 22:28). This form literally means that the stretching of the heavens was completed or finished some time ago. In view of the light they had received from God, they were even worse than the heathen, to whom they felt so much superior. Furthermore, the rise of the Chaldeans and their invasion of the West is predicted, but this seemed at that time completely incredible (chapter 1:5-7). Nick Baumgardner, a senior writer from the same publication, predicts Notre Dames all-time sack leader will fall to the early third round in his latest mock draft.. Daniel Jeremiah, a draft analyst for the NFL Network, concurs. This chart shows only those events that are mentioned in the Bible and that are of importance to an understanding of the prophetic messages. It was their unwillingness to submit to the restrictions and requirements of God that prevented them, to a great extent, from reaching the high standard which He desired them to attain, and from receiving the blessings which He was ready to bestow upon them. Jeremiah 12:14-16). Zechariah probably belonged to a priestly family (chapter 1:1; cf. Discover what application later inspired writers make of the prophecy, and on this basis determine its possible significance for Gods people in this time. Since the hostile acts of the heathen peoples committed against Judah (chapter 3:4 ff.) Eventually Gods purposes will prevail and the plan of salvation will succeed, irrespective of the failure of any person or group. It was therefore not alone unto themselves and to their contemporaries that the prophets ministered, but also to all sincere men and women of later generations (1 Peter 1:12). He played an important role during two momentous periods: (1) under Ahaz, during the war between Syria and Israel (chapters 7-11), and (2) under Hezekiah, during a siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib chapters 36; 37). (This rule does not apply to those portions of the book of Daniel that the prophet was bidden to shut up and seal, or to other passages whose application Inspiration may have limited exclusively to our own time.). They brought forth wild grapes rather than the mature fruit of a Godlike character (Isaiah 5:1-7; cf. A clear understanding of these aspects of the problem is essential to the formulation of a valid procedure for interpreting the messages of the Old Testament prophets. Daniel 2:35). But it is only against the background of the original historical context of the message that its meaning and value for us can be established with certainty. Emphasize to the children that the people at the time did not believe Isaiah. Along with his contemporary, the prophet Micah, Isaiah served the southern kingdom of Judah under the reigns of four kings. The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. When Messiah came, His own people, the Jews, received him not (John 1:11). WebIsaiah 65:12 I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight." Daniel 5:25-28; Matthew 21:40-43; 22:3-10; Luke 14:24). Our study of messages originally proclaimed by holy men of old to the people of their day is not to become an end in itself, but a means of discovering the will of God for all who would render Him truehearted service now, at the climax of the ages. The prophet was a citizen of Judah, but delivered messages to the kingdom of Israel as well. Continued obedience was necessary to the continuance of divine favor, whereas persistent disobedience must inevitably culminate in the rejection of the Jewish nation as Gods chosen instrument for carrying out the divine plan (Deuteronomy 28:15-68). This Upper Egyptian capital city, better known by its Greek name Thebes, was destroyed by King Ashurbanipal in 663 B.C., a date that provides the upper time limit of Nahums prophecy. God designed that Israels experience should prove to be a warning to Judah (see Hosea 1:7; 4:15-17; 11:12; Jeremiah 3:3-12; etc.). The remaining messages and prophecies, found in chapters 9-14, are not dated, a fact that prevents us from fixing the duration of the prophets activity. Similarly, the ways in which God dealt with men in crises of the past are often cited as examples of the manner in which He will deal with all the world in the last day (see on Deuteronomy 18:15). A comparison between some of his prophecies and those of Amos indicates that Hosea was a younger contemporary of Amos (cf. This period spanned the reigns of five kings of Judah: Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah. All who turned from idolatry to the worship of the true God, were to unite themselves with His chosen people. WebFrom the time of King Josiah, Jeremiah was the Lords prophet in Jerusalem. Even the heathen would recognize the superiority of those who served and worshiped the living God. JEREMIAH In other words, they prophesied and ministered about the same time. All the visions of Daniel recorded in chapters 7-12 were received during the last years of his life, the first one (chapter 7) in Belshazzars 1st year (552 or possibly later), and the last one (chapters 10-12) in the 3rd year of Cyrus, 536/35 B.C. are longer and contain more pages and more chapters than the minor prophets). Isaiah was a Jewish prophet who lived during the eighth century BC. Jeremiah had been chosen by God for his office before birth (chapter 1:5), and was called to be a prophet at a tender age (chapter 1:6, 7). 2. ), have never been and can never be fulfilled to them as a nation. The book makes no reference to the fall of Samaria, which took place in 723/22 B.C., and it can therefore be concluded that the prophets last message was given prior to Samarias destruction. question. From generation to generation these holy men of God (2 Peter 1:21) called Israel to repentance and righteousness and kept alive the Messianic hope. Earlier commentators attempted to equate the two men, because of the use of similar expressions in their utterances (Micah 1:2; cf. The following discussion sets forth the principles of interpretation described under 5, and followed by this commentary, together with the scriptural basis on which these principles rest. A. Acts 13:22). Jeremiah 49:14, 16), and Joel (Obadiah 15, 17; cf. The Christian church is a spiritual nation scattered all over the world, and such details obviously could not apply to it in a literal sense. For these reasons the 7th-century date for Joel has been adopted in this commentary, although there is no conclusive proof that this choice is correct. To the very last, Christ would have averted the doom of the Jewish nation if the people had received Him. Thus Israel was to blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit (Isaiah 27:6). ), success must and will comethrough Israel after the spirit. One royal visitor to Jerusalem exclaimed, The half was not told me! (1 Kings 10:1-9). Many messages and prophecies can be understood correctly only if seen against the background of the time in which the prophets ministered and in the light of the events that happened during their lives. The following brief summaries contain the evidence on which the various prophets have been entered in the chronological positions in which they are found in the chart. God was to be glorified in Israel (Isaiah 49:3) and its people were to be His witnesses (chapters 43:10; 44:8), to reveal to men the principles of His kingdom. They were to become a nation of intellectual geniuses, and feebleness of mind would eventually have been unknown among them. If Jeremiah had been writing a novel, he would have been the hero of his own story. Through His people Christ is to manifest His character and the principles of His kingdom. The British-Israel movement teaches that the Anglo-Saxon peoples are the literal descendants of the ten so-called lost tribes of the northern kingdom and that the promises will, in large measure, be fulfilled to their modern posterity. Since Josiah came to the throne as a child, he must have lived under a regent, which explains why no king is mentioned by Joel. Under Nebuchadnezzars successors Daniels service seems not to have been desired. Again and again God warned Israel that blessing goes hand in hand with obedience and that a curse accompanies disobedience (see Deuteronomy 4:9; 8:19; 28:1, 2, 13, 14; Jeremiah 18:6-10; 26:2-6; Zechariah 6:15; etc.). WebBefore we begin our review of the parts of Jeremiahs early ministry, let us first set out the usual and customary picture of it. 3. The sanctuary became Gods dwelling place among them (see Exodus 25:8), its priests were ordained to minister before Him (Hebrews 5:1; 8:3), its services provided an object lesson of the plan of salvation and prefigured the coming of the Messiah (1 Corinthians 5:7; Colossians 2:16, 17; Hebrews 9:1-10; 10:1-12). Paul states the same truth in Romans 9:30, 31, where he makes it plain that the Christian church has replaced the Hebrew nation in the divine plan. The prophet Ezekiel, a priest, was one of the 10,000 Jews taken into exile by Nebuchadnezzar in 597 B.C., when King Jehoiachin was carried to Babylon. 2. However, these messages pertaining to the then-distant future were intended, not only to inspire patience, comfort, and hope in the day they were first given, but also to provide men of Christs day with confirming evidence of His Messiahship. But maybe it wasnt at that spot. The Book of Isaiah claims to be written by him, and scholars believe he at least wrote part of it. To pray by faith for God to fulfill His promises, we must be obedient to Gods difficult commands. They cherished the idea that they were favorites of Heaven, and were ungrateful for the opportunities so graciously afforded them. The glory that distinguished the early part of the reign of Solomon was due in part to his own faithfulness during that time, and in part to the fact that his father David had seemed to appreciate fully Israels exalted privileges and responsibilities (see Psalms 51:10, 11; Isaiah 55:3; cf. He would have come, He would have died, and would have risen again. His work is characterized by skill in the use of language, a well-balanced syntax, and a lively and impressive poetry. 4. WebISAIAH, DANIEL, AND ZECHARIAH We need to make a comparison between the three prophets, Isaiah, Daniel, and Zechariah, in two matters: in Gods economy toward His chosen people and in Christ for the people of His concern. When the Jews rejected Christ as the Messiah, God in turn rejected them and commissioned the Christian church as His chosen instrument for the salvation of the world (Matthew 28:19, 20; 2 Corinthians 5:18-20; 1 Peter 2:9, 10; etc.). Weblived and were active as prophets during a time of great catastrophe for the people of Israel, the conquest of Judah and the destruction of the First Tem-ple. He dies while in Egypt. There was nothing God could have done for them that He did not do, yet they failed. In their meticulous attention to the letter of the law they lost sight of its spirit. But, said the angel, Messiah would be rejected and cut off, because of the abominations of Israel, and Jerusalem and the Temple would once more life waste (verses 26, 27). All that had been promised might yet come to pass if they would only love and serve Him (Zechariah 6:15; cf. On the other hand, the destruction of Nineveh is described as an event still future (chapter 3:7). Who served as Jeremiah's scribe? The blessings thus assured to Israel are, on the same conditions and in the same degree, assured to every nation and to every individual under the broad heavens. When the siege of Jerusalem was temporarily lifted at the approach of an Egyptian force, Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of the tribe of Benjamin. Some believe that the prophet refers to the conquest of Jerusalem at the time of King Jehoram (2 Kings 8:20-22; 2 Chronicles 21:8-10, 16, 17) in the 9th century; others believe that the prophet is speaking of Jerusalems destruction by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C. From the visible their minds were to be directed to the invisible, from the seen to the unseen, from the material to the spiritual, from the temporal to the eternal. The sons of the stranger [or Gentile, 1 Kings 8:41; see on Exodus 12:19, 43] would join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord (Isaiah 56:6; Zechariah 2:11). In the endeavor to account for this seeming enigma, Bible expositors have set forth various explanations: 1. Inasmuch as it is possible to date the kings of Judah and Israel, especially the later ones, with comparatively high accuracy, the various reigns during which these sixteen prophets ministered have been entered in this chart according to the tentative chronology used in this commentary. But the Scriptures record the fact that they disobeyed God and proved disloyal to Him instead. WebThis tables shows the reigns of each of the Kings of Judah and Israel, together with the dates and lengths of the reigns, and the prophets who were active at that time. The fourth school of interpretation may, at times, arrive at a valid application of the predictive portions of Old Testament prophecy to the church today and to its future experience, but neglects the primary application of these messages to their historical setting, and proceeds, quite arbitrarily, to determine that certain selected passages were written more or less exclusively for the church today. Hence no reference to these two kingdoms was made by the prophet. Spiritual prosperity was to prepare the way for material prosperity. 2. When the catastrophe came, he lamented the terrible fate of his people in the Book of Eichah (Lamentations) which we read on Tisha B'Av. For these reasons his ministry can be dated from about 755 (or earlier) to about 725 B.C. It is possible that he was a Temple singer, since his third chapter is dedicated to the chief singer on my stringed instruments (chapter 3:19). In these tragic events the words of Moses met their final and complete fulfillment: As the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goes to possess it. Yet the book contains no clear indication of the time in which the prophet lived. Paul makes it clear beyond argument that when he speaks of Israel as the chosen people of God he means it in this sense. At times they had an import, not only for the age in which the prophet lived, but also for a day far future; in other words, they had a dual application. Literal Jews may still find salvation by being grafted into spiritual Israel, in precisely the same way that Gentiles are to be grafted in (verses 23, 24). All Israel consists of both Jews and Gentiles, thus all Israel shall be saved (Romans 11:25, 26). The fickle, human will is the weak, unstable factor in conditional prophecy. God placed His people in Palestine, the crossroads of the ancient world, and provided them with every facility for becoming the greatest nation on the face of the earth. During the siege, reprobate Israelites would be slain by their foes (Zechariah 13:8; 14:2). Returning to their homelands, the Gentile ambassadors would counsel their fellow countrymen, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord (Zechariah 8:21, 22; cf. Captivity, he said, had confirmed the curse that came because of disobedience (verses 11, 12) and Jerusalem lay desolate (verses 16-19). Accordingly, Abraham became in a special sense the Friend of God (James 2:23) and the father of all them that believe (Romans 4:11). In Gods Economy toward His Chosen People 1. Isaiahs whole ministry from Uzziah to Manasseh must therefore have lasted more than half a century. They grasped at the material blessings so generously offered them, but refused the spiritual graces that would have transformed their lives and fitted them to be His representatives. Joel 1:15; 2:1, 32) can hardly serve as evidence for either a late or an early date. He has a controversy with them because they have rebelled against His authority (Jeremiah 25:31-33), and He will judge (Joel 3:9-17) and destroy them there (Isaiah 34:1-8; 63:1-6; 66:15-18). answer. They were to be far in advance of other nations in wisdom and understanding. The Assyrian capital city of Nineveh was captured and destroyed by the combined forces of Media and Babylonia in 612 B.C., which is, accordingly, the latest possible date for Nahum. I will call them my people, which were not my people (Romans 9:25, 26). WebLast time you checked the cover of your family Bible, it probably didnt say The Bible, by God. since nearly all are named and credit given to a specific writer: the book of Isaiah to Isaiah, the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations to Jeremiah, the book of Ezekiel to Ezekiel, and so on. Jeremiah has a slightly more commonplace experience, he just hears Gods voice directly tell him that before he was even formed in the womb he was appointed to be a prophet to the nations, no big deal. 4. Had Judah remained loyal to God its captivity would not have been necessary. His book contains no direct to establish the time of his mission to Nineveh. Accordingly, what He purposed to do for the world through Israel of old He will finally accomplish through His church on earth today, and many of the promises originally made to literal Israel will be fulfilled to His remnant people at the close of time. 34:23) 622 Jeremiah 11 and 12 are given. It was Gods design that the whole earth be prepared for the first advent of Christ, even as to-day the way is preparing for His second coming. At the time of the Babylonian captivity God had specifically announced that that experience was not to mark a full end of Israel as Gods people (Jeremiah 4:27; 5:18; 46:28). did Isaiah primarily live? Thus, for more than 1,500 years, a great experiment designed to test the relative merits of good and evil was conducted before the world. Nevertheless, Isaiah believed that Judah was Gods chosen nation and they would be vindicated by God. The transition from literal Israel to spiritual Israel, or the Christian church, is the subject of Romans 9-11. He would be king over all the earth verses (3, 8, 9), and His dominion from sea even to sea, even to the ends of the earth (chapter 9:9, 10). His call came to him sometime in October/November, 520 B.C., in the same year as Haggais first appearance (chapter 1:1). They eagerly sought the power of His kingdom, but were unwilling to be guided by its principles. If the nation had been faithful to its trust and had appreciated the high destiny reserved for it by God, the whole earth would have awaited the coming of the Messiah with eager expectancy. WebJeremiah 15:1 Then the LORD said to me: "Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. 5. However, there is no valid reason why Malachi should not be considered a proper name. Although the Hebrew term naar, youth, or child, by which the prophet designates himself verse (6), does not give an indication of Jeremiahs exact age at the time of his call, the context of the passage in which this word appears seems to favor the interpretation that he was still very young, perhaps less than twenty. The prophet Zephaniah traces his genealogy back to an important personage by the name of Hizkiah, probably King Hezekiah (the names are the same in Hebrew) of Judah. The kings of Assyria, Babylonia, and Persia, whose dates for this period are well established, are shown in a separate column. 4:3 with Amos 8:8; Hosea 4:15 with Amos 5:5; and Hosea 8:14 with Amos 2:5). At Mt. According to Jewish tradition Isaiah was sawn asunder. The life of Christ is a perfect example of the character of God would have His people develop (see on Luke 2:52). What archaeological evidence implies Isaiah was a unified book? Galatians 3:27-29; see on Deuteronomy 18:15). The sixteen prophetsIsaiah to Malachiwhose writings have come down to us lived during four centuries, from about 800 to 400 B.C. Many others, including Lehi and Jeremiah, lived at the same time. Copyright 2008 - http://www.BibleChronologyTimeline.com. God entered into solemn covenant relationship with him (Genesis 15:18; 17:2-7), and his posterity, Israel, inherited the sacred trust of being Gods chosen representatives on earth (Hebrews 11:9) for the salvation of the entire human race. Deported to Babylon, they were to learn in adversity the lessons they had failed to learn during times of prosperity (Jeremiah 25:5-7; 29:18, 19; 30:11-14; 46:28; Ezekiel 20:25-38; Micah 4:10-12), and to impart to the heathen Babylonians a knowledge of the true God. Seventh-day Adventists believe that, generally speaking, the promises and predictions given through the Old Testament prophets originally applied to literal Israel and were to have been fulfilled to them on the condition that they obey God and remain loyal to Him. 1-39, 40-55, 55-66. 6465). It is thought that Isaiah and Micah lived at the same time and addressed different audiences. With the crucifixion of Christ they forever forfeited their special position as Gods chosen people. Owing to the failure of the Jews as Gods chosen people, many of the prophecies of the Old Testament, such as those affirming the worldwide mission of Israel and the ingathering of the Gentiles (see Genesis 12:3; Deuteronomy 4:6-8; Isaiah 2:2-5; 42:6; 49:6; 52:10; 56:6, 7; 60:1-3; 61:9; 62:2; Zechariah 2:11; 8:22, 23; etc. Superior intellect. Without this, the people of Israel would not qualify to receive the material blessings God designed to bestow upon them. It is possible that he worked much longer, as part of chapters 9-14 may have been given at a much later time. The following simple rules are suggested as a safe approach to the study of each prophetic passage of the Old Testament: 1. This concept of the role of Israel is reiterated again and again throughout the Old Testament. The success of Israel was to be based on and to include: 1. Another reason to trust God is there is nothing too complicated for Him. When Gedaliah is assassinated, the Jews flee to Egypt and force Jeremiah to go with them. God may reject one nation or group of people in favor of another if those first summoned persistently refuse to cooperate with Him (see Jeremiah 18:6-10; cf. Nothing is impossible with God. They voluntarily accepted God as their sovereign, and this constituted the nation a theocracy. 2 Kings 20:1-5; and of promised blessing, see Exodus 6:2-8; cf. This fact weakens the arguments for such a late date. Answer Jeremiah was one of the major prophets of ancient Israel and a key figure in the Old Testament. Here Paul affirms that the rejection of the Jews did not mean that the promises of God had taken none effect (Romans 9:6), and explains immediately that they are to become effective through spiritual Israel. Revelation 17:13, 14, 17). The voice of God through the prophets distinctly speaks to us today. 740-700 B.C. But with regards to how Jeremiah died, the Scriptures leave no record. Hosea was from the Northern Kingdom, Micah and Jeremiah were from the Southern kingdom. He played an important role during two momentous periods: (1) under Ahaz, during the war between Syria and Israel (chapters 7-11), and (2) under Hezekiah, during a siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib chapters 36; 37). Acts 1:6), to appear as a liberator and conqueror, and to exalt Israel to dominion over all nations (see on Luke 4:19). To their own question, What nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them? the Gentiles would answer, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people (Deuteronomy 4:7, 6). In the prophetic picture God is represented as gathering the nations to Jerusalem (Joel 3:1, 2; Zephaniah 3:6-8; cf. The glorious promises originally made to literal Israel are meeting their fulfillment today in the proclamation of the gospel to all men (Revelation 14:6, 7). Feebleness and disease were to disappear entirely from Israel as the result of strict adherence to healthful principles (see Exodus 15:26; Deuteronomy 7:13, 15; etc.). It was last of all that God sent unto them his son, according to Christs own words (Matthew 21:37), but they caught him and slew him (verse 39). This call came to him in the 13th year of King Josiah (chapters 1:2; 25:3), about 627. We should never forget that whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for the learning of future generations to the end of time, to inspire patience, comfort, and hope (Romans 15:4).
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