Jerusalem's Refusal: When a City Rejects Divine Correction
"She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord." So lamented the Prophet concerning Jerusalem, once called "a city...
This is historical examples on divine judgment and refusal of correction, drawing on Ezekiel 3:2.
"She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord." So lamented the Prophet concerning Jerusalem, once called "a city of righteousness." The description of the capital's moral collapse in Zephaniah 1:1–4 compels us to ask: How did such a faithful city become an harlot? Historical records reveal the answer. Under Kings Manasseh and Amon, Judah descended into flagrant idolatry.…
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