Julie
God places judgement on Babylon and seeks to destroy them because of the evil that they are inflicting. What really stood out is when he says, "I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for the iniquity." The lines that follow are very telling as well and I guess I am glad to know that God will rid the world of these things...it's just being patient in the interim.
Again, why is it always the woman that we are warned against when it comes to adultery?
Michelle
For some reason I got lost during this reading. It couldn't keep my focus and I kept thinking of other things. What I got was that Babylon will be overthrown and will be emptied so that the animals will inhabit it, but that God will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will give relief to his people once again.
Good question. While he seems to be specifically speaking of a prostitute in this one, it does seem like they are always accusing women of being the adulteress and give no blame to the man, even though it takes two and he makes that decision for himself. It almost seems like they are saying that women influence the men more than we think.
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