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Lessons About UnfaithfulnessIsaiah’s Prophecy—Light for All Mankind I
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6. (a) What conditions prevail inside Jerusalem? (b) Why do some exult, but what lies ahead?
6 Isaiah continues: “With turmoil you were full, a boisterous city, an exultant town. Your slain ones are not those slain with the sword, nor those dead in battle.” (Isaiah 22:2) Multitudes have flocked to the city, and it is in turmoil. People in the streets are noisy and fearful. Some, though, are exulting, perhaps because they feel secure or they believe that the danger is passing.a To exult at this time, however, is foolish. Many in the city are going to die a death far more cruel than by the edge of the sword. A city under siege is cut off from outside sources of food. Stockpiles within the city dwindle. Starving people and crowded conditions lead to epidemics. Many in Jerusalem will thus die by famine and pestilence. This happens both in 607 B.C.E. and in 70 C.E.—2 Kings 25:3; Lamentations 4:9, 10.b
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Lessons About UnfaithfulnessIsaiah’s Prophecy—Light for All Mankind I
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a In 66 C.E., many Jews exulted when the Roman armies besieging Jerusalem withdrew.
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