To put it briefly, He's a sinner—a tough-hearted gentleman who's looking for mercy, precisely the same mercy that God extended to your Ninevites. The steadfast adore revealed to Israel is required by Israelites just as much as via the godless nations to whom Israel was called to deliver it. The Tale stops exactly where it does specifically in ord

i. “in contrast to Diogenes, the pre-Christian Greek philosopher who was attempting to find an genuine gentleman, Yahweh In this particular context doesn't look for righteousness but sin to punish ’ thirteen  Their merchandise shall be aplundered, and their homes laid squander. bThough they build homes, they shall not inhabit them; cthough th

13  “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, e“in the event the plowman shall overtake the reaper along with the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; fthe mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it. fourteen  gI will restore the fortunes of my individuals Israel, and hthey shall rebuild the ruined cit