When God's People Become a Byword of Shame
The Hebrew word *mashal* (similitude) carried the weight of mockery—so completely had the nation's condition deteriorated that "a miserable man" would be called "a Jew" in contempt, just as liars were branded "Cretans" and wretched slaves were named "Sardians." This...
Psalms 44:14Universaldivine abandonment and faithfulnessnational shame and spiritual decline