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sn The following verses show that Jerusalem, personified as a woman (“she”), is the referent.
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sn These priests defile what is holy by not observing the proper distinctions between what is ritually clean and unclean (see Ezek 22:26).
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sn God’s judgment of the nations (v. 6) was an object lesson for Israel’s benefit.
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sn I will then enable the nations to give me acceptable praise. This apparently refers to a time when the nations will reject their false idol-gods and offer genuine praise to the one true God.
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sn It is not certain if those who pray to me refers to the converted nations or to God’s exiled covenant people.
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sn Safety in the Lord’s presence. From the time the Lord introduced his special covenant name (Yahweh) to Moses, it served as a reminder of his protective presence as Israel’s faithful deliverer.
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