The Bible-Work, The Old Testament, Vol. 8

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Excerpt from The Bible-Work, The Old Testament, Vol. 8: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, The Revised Text, With Critical Exposition, and Comments Selected From the Choicest Most Illuminating and Helpful Thought of the Christian CenturiesAhaz, following in consequence of previous great sins. And may then have been written as an introduction to the book. For it has the ap pearance of a general epitome of his prophetic messages - a brief summary view of the main points which they embrace. Here are the great sins of the people the Lord's call to them to repent, coupled with His promise to them of free pardon the calamities sent upon them, either in chastisement to reclaim, or (this fail in g) in righteous retribution to destroy. These are the points made in this chapter. They are also the points made in general throughout the book. Hence this may be taken as a summary or chapter of contents, introductory in the sense Of being a brief presentation of the subject matter of the whole. This View of the chapter is now adopted by some of the best critics. Dr. Alexander says It is probable that this chapter exhibits a sequence of events or provi dential scheme which might be realized in more than one emergency not so much a prediction as a prophetic lesson with respect to the effects which certain causes must infallibly produce. Such a discourse would be peculiarly appropri ate as an introduction to the prophecies which follow. This view, if accepted, practically disposes of our preliminary question of date, the chapter being written for an introduction.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.