Having set forth the terrors of the Judgment Day, the prophet adds an earnest call to repentance. He then declares how judgments, forerunners of th…

An exhortation to seek God before His day of vengeance is revealed.

Gather yourselves together
This is said to the people of the Jews in general; that whereas the judgments of God were…

The prophet calls for national repentance as the only way to prevent national ruin. A nation not desiring (that is, one that has no desires toward …