1 MOREOVER the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord
GOD unto the land of Israel; An aend, the end is come upon
the four corners of the land.
3 Now is the end come upon
theea,
and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will ajudge thee
according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine
abominations.
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3a Now is the end come upon
thee This was not the 'end of the world' but the 'end' which had
be foretold and warned against for many generations. In Moses time he had
warned what the result or 'end' would be upon Israel if they did not as they
were instructed by the Lord. Various prophets from time to time and more
increasingly toward this 'end' had warned and re-warned of such events as the
destruction and scattering of Israel and Judah. Judah had even seen such come
upon all of the northern kingdom Israel. They had seen such come upon many
surrounding portions of Judah. The foreshadowing, warnings, re-warnings and
signs were all about them. Yet they still refused in the end to repent. That
the Lord was merciful could be seen in that in the day of Hezekiah and because
of the days of Josiah, the Lord had spared Judah down until the times of
Zedekiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and Lehi among others. Yet in that day of
those last prophets and king, Jerusalem had become fully ripe and but a few
did escape and some though scattered such as Lehi's group were but scattered
unto the Lord as a remnant of the house of Joseph.
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