ISAIAH 63:15 TO ISAIAH 64:9. A FERVENT PRAYER TO YAHWEH TO INTERVENE
AGAIN FOR HIS CHILDREN. The appeal rings like a litany, reminding
Yahweh, who has withdrawn into His glorious heavenly palace, of His
former compassion. To Abraham and Israel appeal has been made in vain
(some approach to ancestor-... [ Continue Reading ]
These verses, which describe the Temple as not merely desecrated but
actually burned, seem to be a late addition from a period of which we
have no exact information.
The cities of the holy land are become a desert, Jerusalem a curse
(LXX and Latin). The Temple, which has existed long enough to have... [ Continue Reading ]