Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
The call was sent during dark years of apostasy when the temple doors were closed. By that time the ten tribes of the northern kingdom had despised and rejected such messages and had been given over to the enemy. It was directed to the remnant, the people of Judah, urging them to turn back to God.
It identifies God Himself as the One from whom Israel had deeply rebelled and revolted. It is His earnest appeal and entreaty, declaring His willingness to forgive and accept all who turn to Him with full purpose of heart. That call brought hope to fainting souls weary of bondage to sin.
It prepared the way for the decided reformatory movement under Hezekiah that held back the spread of apostasy.
The call was sent during dark years of apostasy when the temple doors were closed. By that time the ten tribes of the northern kingdom had despised and rejected such messages and had been given over to the enemy. It was directed to the remnant, the people of Judah, urging them to turn back to God.
It identifies God Himself as the One from whom Israel had deeply rebelled and revolted. It is His earnest appeal and entreaty, declaring His willingness to forgive and accept all who turn to Him with full purpose of heart. That call brought hope to fainting souls weary of bondage to sin.
It prepared the way for the decided reformatory movement under Hezekiah that held back the spread of apostasy.