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You shall say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A city that sheds blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her!
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The 'Goal' of Rebellion
Commentators explain that when the verse says Jerusalem sinned 'that her time may come,' it's a powerful figure of speech. Her rebellion was so persistent, despite clear warnings, that it was as if she was intentionally trying to bring about her own judgment. As scholars note, she was 'filling the measure of her sins,' making her eventual punishment an inevitable and just consequence of her choices.
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Ezekiel
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19th Century
Anglican
That her time may come.— Her time of punishment. What will be the inevitable consequence of her acts is represented by a …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then say you, thus says the Lord God; For though the prophet was to sit as judge, yet in the name of the King of kings, u…
Presbyterian
The prophet is to judge the bloody city, the city of bloods. Jerusalem is so called because of her crimes.
The sins with which Jerusalem stan…