Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against His people, and He hath stretched forth His hand against them and hath smitten them, the scene again being painted before the eyes of the people, in order to urge them to repentance; and the hills did tremble, under the blow delivered by Jehovah, as from a mighty earthquake, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets, lying there as dung, even as it had happened before, 2 Chronicles 28:6. For all this, although the punishment of the Lord has repeatedly gone forth, His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still. So great was the apostasy in Israel that the wrath of the Lord was not yet appeased, especially since the nation showed no signs of true repentance; it was the wrath of the final Judgment.

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