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had<00:10:04.460><c> been</c><00:10:04.720><c> a</c><00:10:04.860><c> close</c><00:10:05.039><c> companion</c><00:10:05.659><c> of</c><00:10:06.019><c> the</c><00:10:06.120><c> king</c>

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as<00:10:06.879><c> the</c><00:10:07.059><c> king</c><00:10:07.220><c> was</c><00:10:07.440><c> growing</c><00:10:07.679><c> up.</c>

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Again,<00:10:09.840><c> you</c><00:10:09.960><c> can't</c><00:10:10.259><c> say</c><00:10:10.460><c> that</c><00:10:10.899><c> 100%,</c><00:10:11.440><c> but</c><00:10:11.580><c> we</c><00:10:11.779><c> have</c><00:10:11.980><c> to</c><00:10:12.159><c> ask,</c>

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well,<00:10:12.659><c> why</c><00:10:12.980><c> in</c><00:10:13.200><c> this</c><00:10:13.440><c> particular</c><00:10:13.860><c> prophecy</c>

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do<00:10:15.080><c> we</c><00:10:15.240><c> have</c><00:10:15.340><c> that</c><00:10:15.620><c> genealogy</c><00:10:16.179><c> listed</c><00:10:16.480><c> as</c><00:10:16.779><c> it</c><00:10:16.899><c> is?</c>

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Now,<00:10:19.519><c> outside</c><00:10:19.840><c> of</c><00:10:19.899><c> what's</c><00:10:20.159><c> revealed</c><00:10:20.419><c> in</c><00:10:20.580><c> this</c><00:10:20.740><c> opening</c><00:10:20.960><c> verse,</c>

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we<00:10:21.320><c> know</c><00:10:21.480><c> very</c><00:10:21.899><c> little</c><00:10:22.139><c> about</c><00:10:22.440><c> the</c><00:10:22.779><c> prophet</c><00:10:23.159><c> for</c><00:10:23.639><c> his</c><00:10:24.000><c> life.</c>

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He<00:10:25.559><c> kind</c><00:10:25.679><c> of</c><00:10:25.980><c> disappears</c><00:10:26.659><c> off</c><00:10:27.019><c> the</c><00:10:27.279><c> scene</c>

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prophesied<00:10:36.139><c> in</c><00:10:36.399><c> the</c><00:10:36.639><c> reign</c><00:10:37.220><c> of</c><00:10:37.480><c> Josiah.</c>

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Well,<00:10:42.460><c> we</c><00:10:42.620><c> know</c><00:10:42.820><c> that</c><00:10:43.379><c> context</c><00:10:43.860><c> is</c><00:10:44.120><c> everything</c>

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So<00:10:48.580><c> what</c><00:10:48.759><c> are</c><00:10:48.899><c> some</c><00:10:49.080><c> of</c><00:10:49.220><c> the</c><00:10:49.299><c> things</c><00:10:49.500><c> that</c><00:10:49.740><c> we</c><00:10:49.899><c> know</c>

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about<00:10:50.559><c> Josiah</c><00:10:51.179><c> and</c><00:10:51.480><c> his</c><00:10:51.779><c> reign?</c>

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Well,<00:10:53.080><c> if</c><00:10:53.220><c> we</c><00:10:53.340><c> first</c><00:10:53.539><c> put</c><00:10:53.720><c> up</c><00:10:53.860><c> this</c><00:10:54.179><c> timeline,</c>

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it<00:10:58.019><c> shows</c><00:10:58.220><c> the</c><00:10:58.419><c> kings</c><00:10:58.580><c> of</c><00:10:58.740><c> Judah</c><00:10:58.879><c> beginning</c><00:10:59.200><c> with</c><00:10:59.419><c> Hezekiah</c>

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and<00:11:00.080><c> going</c><00:11:00.200><c> to</c><00:11:00.399><c> the</c><00:11:00.559><c> end</c><00:11:00.720><c> of</c><00:11:00.919><c> their</c><00:11:01.139><c> kingdom</c><00:11:01.600><c> in</c><00:11:02.019><c> the</c><00:11:02.159><c> fall</c><00:11:02.299><c> of</c><00:11:02.539><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:11:04.840><c> we</c><00:11:05.039><c> see</c><00:11:05.200><c> that</c><00:11:05.399><c> Josiah's</c><00:11:06.120><c> reign</c><00:11:06.320><c> is</c><00:11:06.519><c> right</c><00:11:06.759><c> there</c><00:11:06.940><c> in</c><00:11:07.100><c> the</c><00:11:07.240><c> middle.</c>

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And<00:11:09.179><c> we</c><00:11:09.320><c> know</c><00:11:09.860><c> the</c><00:11:10.200><c> story</c><00:11:10.399><c> of</c><00:11:10.639><c> Josiah</c><00:11:11.340><c> pretty</c><00:11:11.679><c> well</c>

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from<00:11:12.179><c> Sunday</c><00:11:12.500><c> school,</c><00:11:12.940><c> right?</c>

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That<00:11:13.539><c> he</c><00:11:13.940><c> commenced</c><00:11:14.399><c> his</c><00:11:14.740><c> reign</c><00:11:14.899><c> as</c><00:11:15.100><c> a</c><00:11:15.179><c> very</c><00:11:15.379><c> young</c><00:11:15.600><c> boy</c>

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at<00:11:15.940><c> the</c><00:11:16.200><c> age</c><00:11:16.440><c> of</c><00:11:16.620><c> eight</c><00:11:17.019><c> after</c><00:11:17.519><c> a</c><00:11:17.840><c> tragedy</c><00:11:18.179><c> struck</c><00:11:18.860><c> his</c><00:11:19.080><c> family</c>

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And<00:11:24.940><c> so</c><00:11:25.019><c> he</c><00:11:25.200><c> ascends</c><00:11:25.500><c> the</c><00:11:25.799><c> throne</c><00:11:25.980><c> at</c><00:11:26.159><c> a</c><00:11:26.179><c> very</c><00:11:26.500><c> early</c><00:11:26.799><c> age.</c>

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he<00:11:37.539><c> determined</c><00:11:38.159><c> to</c><00:11:38.480><c> bring</c><00:11:38.679><c> the</c><00:11:38.940><c> nation</c><00:11:39.320><c> back</c>

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He<00:11:43.620><c> wanted</c><00:11:43.860><c> to</c><00:11:44.120><c> turn</c><00:11:44.259><c> them</c><00:11:44.519><c> back</c><00:11:45.100><c> to</c><00:11:45.299><c> the</c><00:11:45.440><c> ways</c><00:11:45.840><c> of</c><00:11:46.159><c> Yahweh</c>

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from<00:11:46.720><c> which</c><00:11:47.000><c> they</c><00:11:47.419><c> had</c><00:11:47.720><c> drifted</c><00:11:48.139><c> during</c><00:11:48.360><c> the</c><00:11:48.580><c> long</c>

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and<00:11:48.980><c> wicked</c><00:11:49.179><c> reign</c><00:11:49.340><c> of</c><00:11:49.539><c> Manasseh</c>

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And<00:11:58.659><c> the</c><00:11:58.860><c> reforms</c><00:11:59.159><c> that</c><00:11:59.340><c> he</c><00:11:59.500><c> did</c><00:11:59.620><c> were</c><00:11:59.820><c> very</c><00:12:00.120><c> widespread</c>

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and<00:12:01.600><c> they</c><00:12:01.720><c> were</c><00:12:01.899><c> sweeping.</c>

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And<00:12:03.220><c> they</c><00:12:03.360><c> not</c><00:12:03.480><c> only</c><00:12:03.820><c> involved</c><00:12:04.159><c> Judah</c><00:12:04.639><c> in</c><00:12:05.000><c> the</c><00:12:05.200><c> south,</c>

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but<00:12:06.340><c> as</c><00:12:06.480><c> recorded</c><00:12:06.799><c> in</c><00:12:07.000><c> 2</c><00:12:07.179><c> Chronicles</c><00:12:07.659><c> 34,</c>

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he<00:12:09.019><c> extended</c><00:12:09.279><c> it</c><00:12:09.559><c> to</c><00:12:09.820><c> all</c><00:12:10.019><c> the</c><00:12:10.259><c> cities</c><00:12:10.419><c> of</c><00:12:10.659><c> Manasseh,</c>

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Ephraim,<00:12:12.279><c> Sinai,</c><00:12:12.759><c> and</c><00:12:13.019><c> Antinaphtali,</c>

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so<00:12:14.139><c> well</c><00:12:14.360><c> into</c><00:12:14.639><c> the</c><00:12:14.820><c> northern</c><00:12:15.379><c> kingdom</c><00:12:16.019><c> of</c><00:12:16.299><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:12:18.360><c> the</c><00:12:18.559><c> people</c><00:12:19.139><c> of</c><00:12:19.519><c> both</c><00:12:19.679><c> areas</c><00:12:20.080><c> were</c><00:12:20.340><c> compelled</c>

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Josiah<00:12:31.279><c> turned</c><00:12:31.559><c> attention</c><00:12:32.019><c> to</c><00:12:32.259><c> repairing</c>

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a<00:12:36.840><c> notable</c><00:12:37.159><c> discovery</c><00:12:37.740><c> was</c><00:12:38.000><c> made</c><00:12:38.279><c> that</c><00:12:38.799><c> revealed</c><00:12:39.120><c> to</c><00:12:39.340><c> Josiah</c>

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an<00:12:39.820><c> urgency</c><00:12:40.539><c> of</c><00:12:41.340><c> the</c><00:12:41.539><c> work</c><00:12:41.720><c> in</c><00:12:41.840><c> which</c><00:12:42.039><c> he</c><00:12:42.120><c> was</c><00:12:42.320><c> engaged.</c>

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And<00:12:43.480><c> it</c><00:12:43.580><c> gave</c><00:12:43.720><c> further</c><00:12:44.059><c> impetus</c><00:12:44.440><c> to</c><00:12:44.639><c> his</c><00:12:44.779><c> reform.</c>

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And<00:12:46.200><c> what</c><00:12:46.340><c> was</c><00:12:46.539><c> that</c><00:12:46.720><c> discovery?</c>

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It<00:12:49.000><c> was</c><00:12:49.200><c> the</c><00:12:49.360><c> word,</c><00:12:49.679><c> right?</c>

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It<00:12:49.860><c> was</c><00:12:50.779><c> the</c><00:12:50.879><c> priest,</c>

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Josiah<00:12:51.720><c> the</c><00:12:51.860><c> priest</c><00:12:52.039><c> came</c><00:12:52.220><c> up</c><00:12:52.340><c> on</c><00:12:52.440><c> the</c><00:12:52.559><c> book</c><00:12:52.639><c> of</c><00:12:52.779><c> the</c><00:12:52.879><c> law</c>

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that<00:12:53.139><c> was</c><00:12:53.379><c> normally</c><00:12:53.700><c> kept</c><00:12:54.019><c> in</c><00:12:54.179><c> the</c><00:12:54.279><c> most</c><00:12:54.440><c> holy</c><00:12:54.700><c> place.</c>

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And<00:12:56.100><c> after</c><00:12:56.299><c> examining</c><00:12:56.679><c> it,</c><00:12:56.940><c> he</c><00:12:57.340><c> turned</c><00:12:57.559><c> it</c><00:12:57.779><c> over</c><00:12:57.919><c> to</c><00:12:58.080><c> the</c><00:12:58.259><c> king</c>

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and<00:12:59.240><c> the</c><00:12:59.399><c> king</c><00:12:59.620><c> read</c><00:12:59.860><c> for</c><00:13:00.059><c> the</c><00:13:00.279><c> first</c><00:13:00.620><c> time</c><00:13:01.259><c> words</c><00:13:01.600><c> from</c><00:13:01.799><c> this</c><00:13:02.059><c> book.</c>

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And<00:13:03.220><c> it</c><00:13:03.279><c> was</c><00:13:03.399><c> something</c><00:13:03.620><c> that</c><00:13:03.879><c> really</c><00:13:04.179><c> upset</c><00:13:04.480><c> him,</c>

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it<00:13:04.840><c> disturbed</c><00:13:05.220><c> him</c><00:13:05.460><c> when</c><00:13:05.600><c> he</c><00:13:05.779><c> read</c><00:13:05.919><c> the</c><00:13:06.340><c> contents.</c>

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Particularly<00:13:09.620><c> the</c><00:13:09.879><c> Moses</c><00:13:10.299><c> warnings</c><00:13:10.740><c> to</c><00:13:11.019><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:13:12.399><c> the</c><00:13:12.940><c> punishment</c><00:13:13.500><c> and</c><00:13:13.779><c> the</c><00:13:14.039><c> extent</c><00:13:14.220><c> of</c><00:13:14.399><c> the</c><00:13:14.539><c> punishment</c>

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with<00:13:15.539><c> which</c><00:13:15.740><c> the</c><00:13:15.980><c> nation</c><00:13:16.259><c> was</c><00:13:16.580><c> now</c><00:13:16.919><c> threatened</c>

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because<00:13:18.399><c> of</c><00:13:18.539><c> what</c><00:13:18.639><c> he</c><00:13:18.899><c> read</c><00:13:19.039><c> they</c><00:13:19.299><c> had</c><00:13:19.559><c> committed.</c>

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And<00:13:20.440><c> in</c><00:13:20.639><c> the</c><00:13:20.779><c> context</c><00:13:21.120><c> that</c><00:13:21.299><c> it</c><00:13:21.419><c> was</c><00:13:21.600><c> done,</c>

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what<00:13:22.500><c> was</c><00:13:22.700><c> going</c><00:13:22.860><c> to</c><00:13:23.059><c> happen</c><00:13:23.179><c> to</c><00:13:23.379><c> that</c><00:13:23.539><c> nation?</c>

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In<00:13:26.779><c> particular</c><00:13:27.059><c> from</c><00:13:27.379><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:13:27.919><c> 28</c><00:13:28.519><c> and</c><00:13:28.659><c> 29,</c>

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where<00:13:29.440><c> we</c><00:13:29.659><c> have</c><00:13:29.940><c> the</c><00:13:30.279><c> blessings,</c>

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but<00:13:30.840><c> in</c><00:13:31.019><c> particular</c><00:13:31.279><c> the</c><00:13:31.580><c> cursing.</c>

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Josiah<00:13:33.000><c> learned</c><00:13:33.320><c> from</c><00:13:34.100><c> all</c><00:13:34.639><c> these</c><00:13:34.919><c> prophetic</c><00:13:35.279><c> curses</c>

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that<00:13:35.879><c> now</c><00:13:36.340><c> overshadowed</c><00:13:37.360><c> the</c><00:13:37.460><c> nation</c><00:13:37.700><c> of</c><00:13:37.980><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:13:39.179><c> he</c><00:13:39.259><c> was</c><00:13:39.440><c> convinced</c><00:13:39.940><c> that</c><00:13:40.279><c> the</c><00:13:40.500><c> state</c><00:13:40.639><c> of</c><00:13:40.779><c> spiritual,</c>

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a<00:13:42.200><c> state</c><00:13:42.539><c> of</c><00:13:43.000><c> spiritual</c><00:13:43.259><c> emergency</c><00:13:43.720><c> existed</c><00:13:44.220><c> within</c><00:13:44.480><c> the</c><00:13:44.659><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:13:45.620><c> he</c><00:13:45.799><c> realized</c><00:13:46.120><c> the</c><00:13:46.360><c> nation</c><00:13:46.580><c> could</c><00:13:46.759><c> only</c><00:13:46.960><c> be</c><00:13:47.259><c> saved</c>

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from<00:13:47.679><c> the</c><00:13:47.879><c> judgments</c><00:13:48.259><c> that</c><00:13:49.000><c> were</c><00:13:49.320><c> threatening</c><00:13:49.580><c> them</c>

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by<00:13:50.759><c> a</c><00:13:51.000><c> complete</c><00:13:51.159><c> change</c><00:13:51.419><c> of</c><00:13:51.659><c> heart</c>

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and<00:13:52.559><c> a</c><00:13:52.700><c> change</c><00:13:52.879><c> in</c><00:13:53.120><c> conduct</c><00:13:53.399><c> on</c><00:13:53.899><c> the</c><00:13:54.039><c> part</c><00:13:54.139><c> of</c><00:13:54.279><c> the</c><00:13:54.440><c> people.</c>

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And<00:13:55.460><c> he</c><00:13:55.639><c> pulls</c><00:13:55.919><c> together</c><00:13:56.639><c> a</c><00:13:57.220><c> lot</c><00:13:57.419><c> of</c><00:13:57.620><c> key</c><00:13:57.740><c> people</c>

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in<00:13:58.279><c> his</c><00:13:58.799><c> administration,</c><00:13:59.399><c> if</c><00:13:59.580><c> you</c><00:13:59.720><c> will.</c>

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He<00:14:00.519><c> has</c><00:14:00.879><c> Hekiah</c><00:14:01.340><c> the</c><00:14:01.559><c> priest,</c>

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he<00:14:01.919><c> has</c><00:14:02.059><c> a</c><00:14:02.179><c> number</c><00:14:02.379><c> of</c><00:14:02.659><c> scribes</c><00:14:03.360><c> and</c><00:14:03.600><c> persons</c><00:14:03.919><c> of</c><00:14:04.220><c> state.</c>

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And<00:14:04.940><c> after</c><00:14:05.220><c> their</c><00:14:05.559><c> discussions,</c>

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they<00:14:06.740><c> seek</c><00:14:07.120><c> further</c><00:14:07.460><c> information</c>

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by<00:14:08.220><c> sending</c><00:14:08.460><c> a</c><00:14:08.639><c> group</c><00:14:08.759><c> to</c><00:14:08.980><c> Hula</c><00:14:09.279><c> the</c><00:14:09.600><c> prophetess</c>

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as<00:14:11.019><c> to</c><00:14:11.179><c> what</c><00:14:11.320><c> is</c><00:14:11.580><c> likely</c><00:14:11.840><c> to</c><00:14:12.120><c> be</c><00:14:12.340><c> the</c><00:14:12.580><c> future</c><00:14:12.840><c> development</c>

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upon<00:14:14.500><c> that</c><00:14:14.779><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:14:16.360><c> we</c><00:14:16.460><c> know</c><00:14:16.600><c> the</c><00:14:16.820><c> story</c><00:14:17.000><c> how</c><00:14:17.200><c> in</c><00:14:17.360><c> the</c><00:14:17.480><c> name</c><00:14:17.679><c> of</c><00:14:17.899><c> Yahweh,</c>

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Hula<00:14:18.679><c> declared</c><00:14:19.120><c> that</c><00:14:19.320><c> the</c><00:14:19.500><c> outpouring</c><00:14:19.840><c> of</c><00:14:20.080><c> the</c><00:14:20.200><c> punishment</c>

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upon<00:14:20.759><c> the</c><00:14:20.960><c> guilty</c><00:14:21.220><c> nation</c><00:14:21.659><c> was</c><00:14:21.940><c> inevitable.</c>

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It<00:14:23.139><c> wasn't</c><00:14:23.559><c> going</c><00:14:23.799><c> to</c><00:14:23.960><c> be</c><00:14:24.179><c> avoided,</c>

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though<00:14:25.480><c> it</c><00:14:25.659><c> was</c><00:14:25.899><c> going</c><00:14:26.019><c> to</c><00:14:26.220><c> be</c><00:14:26.360><c> delayed</c>

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until<00:14:27.919><c> after</c><00:14:28.639><c> the</c><00:14:28.860><c> death</c><00:14:29.100><c> of</c><00:14:29.279><c> King</c><00:14:29.399><c> Josiah.</c>

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The<00:14:31.700><c> specific</c><00:14:32.080><c> words</c><00:14:32.259><c> of</c><00:14:32.399><c> this</c><00:14:32.539><c> are</c><00:14:32.759><c> found</c><00:14:33.080><c> in</c><00:14:33.440><c> one</c><00:14:33.600><c> account</c>

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in<00:14:34.200><c> 2</c><00:14:34.340><c> Chronicles</c><00:14:35.100><c> 34,</c><00:14:35.960><c> where</c><00:14:36.080><c> it</c><00:14:36.279><c> says</c><00:14:36.460><c> here,</c>

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beginning<00:14:37.799><c> in</c><00:14:37.960><c> verse</c><00:14:38.159><c> 24,</c><00:14:38.659><c> and</c><00:14:38.799><c> I'm</c><00:14:38.940><c> sure</c><00:14:39.039><c> that's</c><00:14:39.220><c> pretty</c><00:14:39.440><c> small,</c>

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but<00:14:39.879><c> it's</c><00:14:40.100><c> verses</c><00:14:40.620><c> 24</c><00:14:41.399><c> to</c><00:14:41.620><c> 28</c><00:14:42.200><c> of</c><00:14:42.679><c> 2</c><00:14:42.919><c> Chronicles</c><00:14:43.440><c> 34.</c>

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It<00:14:44.659><c> says,</c><00:14:45.120><c> Thus</c><00:14:45.120><c> saith</c><00:14:45.320><c> Yahweh,</c>

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Behold,<00:14:45.840><c> I</c><00:14:46.000><c> will</c><00:14:46.159><c> bring</c><00:14:46.399><c> evil</c><00:14:46.740><c> upon</c><00:14:47.039><c> this</c><00:14:47.360><c> place</c>

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and<00:14:48.340><c> upon</c><00:14:48.580><c> the</c><00:14:48.799><c> inhabitants</c><00:14:49.179><c> thereof,</c>

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even<00:14:50.139><c> all</c><00:14:50.820><c> the</c><00:14:51.080><c> curses</c><00:14:51.720><c> that</c><00:14:51.980><c> are</c><00:14:52.159><c> written</c><00:14:52.320><c> in</c><00:14:52.500><c> the</c><00:14:52.639><c> book,</c>

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which<00:14:53.440><c> they</c><00:14:53.639><c> have</c><00:14:53.799><c> read</c><00:14:53.980><c> before</c><00:14:54.259><c> the</c><00:14:54.399><c> king</c><00:14:54.580><c> of</c><00:14:54.799><c> Judah,</c>

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because<00:14:56.399><c> they</c><00:14:56.879><c> have</c><00:14:57.080><c> forsaken</c><00:14:57.500><c> me</c>

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and<00:14:58.039><c> have</c><00:14:58.220><c> burned</c><00:14:58.340><c> incense</c><00:14:58.700><c> unto</c><00:14:58.879><c> other</c><00:14:59.120><c> gods.</c>

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And<00:15:00.500><c> as</c><00:15:00.659><c> for</c><00:15:00.820><c> the</c><00:15:02.039><c> king</c><00:15:02.299><c> of</c><00:15:02.659><c> Judah,</c>

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who<00:15:03.639><c> sent</c><00:15:03.860><c> you</c><00:15:04.059><c> to</c><00:15:04.240><c> inquire</c><00:15:04.840><c> of</c><00:15:05.080><c> Yahweh,</c>

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so<00:15:06.399><c> shall</c><00:15:06.600><c> you</c><00:15:06.779><c> say</c><00:15:06.940><c> unto</c><00:15:07.120><c> him,</c>

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Thus<00:15:08.620><c> saith</c><00:15:08.860><c> the</c><00:15:08.980><c> Lord</c><00:15:09.139><c> God</c><00:15:09.360><c> of</c><00:15:09.419><c> Israel,</c>

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concerning<00:15:10.259><c> the</c><00:15:10.519><c> words</c><00:15:10.879><c> which</c><00:15:11.100><c> thou</c><00:15:11.279><c> hast</c><00:15:11.580><c> heard,</c>

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because<00:15:12.919><c> thy</c><00:15:13.139><c> heart</c><00:15:13.379><c> was</c><00:15:13.679><c> tender,</c>

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and<00:15:14.899><c> thou</c><00:15:15.039><c> didst</c><00:15:15.299><c> humble</c><00:15:15.539><c> thyself</c><00:15:16.000><c> before</c><00:15:16.320><c> God,</c>

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when<00:15:17.360><c> thou</c><00:15:17.559><c> heardest</c><00:15:17.980><c> his</c><00:15:18.200><c> words</c><00:15:18.559><c> against</c><00:15:18.899><c> this</c><00:15:19.240><c> place</c>

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and<00:15:19.700><c> against</c><00:15:19.899><c> the</c><00:15:20.100><c> inhabitants</c><00:15:20.460><c> thereof,</c>

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and<00:15:21.879><c> humbledst</c><00:15:22.299><c> thyself</c><00:15:22.679><c> before</c><00:15:23.120><c> me,</c>

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and<00:15:23.600><c> didst</c><00:15:23.840><c> rend</c><00:15:23.960><c> thy</c><00:15:24.259><c> clothes</c><00:15:24.539><c> and</c><00:15:24.799><c> wheat</c><00:15:24.919><c> before</c><00:15:25.299><c> me,</c>

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I<00:15:26.500><c> have</c><00:15:26.600><c> even</c><00:15:26.860><c> heard</c><00:15:27.139><c> thee</c><00:15:27.419><c> also,</c><00:15:27.940><c> says</c><00:15:28.080><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Behold,<00:15:29.539><c> I</c><00:15:29.720><c> will</c><00:15:29.899><c> gather</c><00:15:30.279><c> thee</c><00:15:30.519><c> to</c><00:15:30.700><c> thy</c><00:15:30.919><c> fathers,</c>

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and<00:15:31.960><c> thou</c><00:15:32.139><c> shalt</c><00:15:32.340><c> be</c><00:15:32.519><c> gathered</c><00:15:32.799><c> to</c><00:15:33.000><c> thy</c><00:15:33.120><c> grave</c><00:15:33.379><c> in</c><00:15:33.639><c> peace.</c>

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Neither<00:15:34.899><c> shall</c><00:15:35.100><c> thine</c><00:15:35.320><c> eyes</c><00:15:35.620><c> see</c><00:15:35.840><c> all</c><00:15:36.240><c> the</c><00:15:36.460><c> evil</c>

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that<00:15:36.759><c> I</c><00:15:36.940><c> shall</c><00:15:37.080><c> bring</c><00:15:37.279><c> upon</c><00:15:37.559><c> this</c><00:15:37.840><c> place</c>

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and<00:15:38.759><c> upon</c><00:15:38.960><c> the</c><00:15:39.159><c> inhabitants</c><00:15:39.720><c> of</c><00:15:40.279><c> the</c><00:15:40.500><c> same.</c>

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Well,<00:15:43.220><c> these</c><00:15:43.440><c> words</c><00:15:43.759><c> acted</c><00:15:44.240><c> as</c><00:15:44.580><c> an</c><00:15:44.860><c> incentive</c><00:15:45.279><c> to</c><00:15:45.600><c> the</c><00:15:45.779><c> king.</c>

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You<00:15:46.980><c> know,</c><00:15:47.019><c> he</c><00:15:47.320><c> accepted</c><00:15:47.659><c> them</c><00:15:47.980><c> as</c><00:15:48.320><c> a</c><00:15:48.559><c> challenge</c>

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and<00:15:49.360><c> as</c><00:15:49.500><c> an</c><00:15:49.679><c> indication</c><00:15:50.080><c> that</c><00:15:50.279><c> the</c><00:15:50.460><c> mercy</c><00:15:50.720><c> of</c><00:15:50.960><c> God</c>

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would<00:15:51.440><c> preserve</c><00:15:51.860><c> the</c><00:15:52.080><c> nation</c><00:15:52.759><c> from</c><00:15:53.279><c> harm</c>

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if<00:15:54.519><c> the</c><00:15:54.720><c> people</c><00:15:54.879><c> saw</c><00:15:55.120><c> them</c><00:15:55.320><c> in</c><00:15:55.500><c> truth</c><00:15:55.659><c> and</c><00:15:55.820><c> in</c><00:15:55.960><c> righteousness.</c>

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His<00:15:58.179><c> enthusiasm</c><00:15:58.700><c> for</c><00:15:59.500><c> reform</c><00:16:00.120><c> was</c><00:16:00.379><c> really</c><00:16:00.740><c> doubled</c>

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after<00:16:01.740><c> this</c><00:16:02.000><c> point</c><00:16:02.159><c> in</c><00:16:02.340><c> time.</c>

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You<00:16:03.860><c> know,</c><00:16:04.080><c> a</c><00:16:04.200><c> general</c><00:16:04.419><c> gathering</c><00:16:04.779><c> of</c><00:16:04.960><c> the</c><00:16:05.139><c> people</c>

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was<00:16:06.080><c> called</c><00:16:06.299><c> together,</c><00:16:07.320><c> and</c><00:16:07.440><c> the</c><00:16:07.580><c> newly</c><00:16:07.779><c> found</c><00:16:08.039><c> law</c>

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and<00:16:08.620><c> its</c><00:16:08.840><c> blessings</c><00:16:09.220><c> and</c><00:16:09.600><c> the</c><00:16:09.779><c> cursings</c>

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were<00:16:10.940><c> read</c><00:16:11.080><c> in</c><00:16:11.299><c> the</c><00:16:11.419><c> ears</c><00:16:11.679><c> of</c><00:16:11.860><c> all</c><00:16:11.980><c> the</c><00:16:12.159><c> people.</c>

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And<00:16:13.539><c> then</c><00:16:13.639><c> this</c><00:16:13.759><c> was</c><00:16:13.980><c> followed</c><00:16:14.139><c> up</c><00:16:14.320><c> by</c><00:16:14.559><c> an</c><00:16:14.720><c> exhortation</c>

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calling<00:16:15.720><c> upon</c><00:16:16.039><c> them</c><00:16:16.220><c> to</c><00:16:16.440><c> give</c><00:16:16.539><c> their</c><00:16:16.720><c> hearts</c><00:16:16.980><c> to</c><00:16:17.240><c> God,</c>

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and<00:16:18.539><c> by</c><00:16:18.679><c> a</c><00:16:18.860><c> public</c><00:16:19.159><c> appeal</c><00:16:19.500><c> inviting</c><00:16:19.919><c> them</c><00:16:20.220><c> to</c><00:16:20.899><c> wholeheartedly</c>

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enter<00:16:22.200><c> into</c><00:16:22.460><c> a</c><00:16:22.659><c> solemn</c><00:16:22.940><c> covenant</c><00:16:23.480><c> with</c><00:16:24.100><c> Yahweh</c>

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to<00:16:24.580><c> keep</c><00:16:24.960><c> his</c><00:16:25.299><c> statutes.</c>

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In<00:16:29.000><c> the</c><00:16:29.200><c> parallel</c><00:16:29.440><c> account</c><00:16:29.840><c> in</c><00:16:30.039><c> 2</c><00:16:30.240><c> Kings</c><00:16:30.539><c> 23,</c>

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we<00:16:32.440><c> have</c><00:16:32.580><c> these</c><00:16:32.840><c> words.</c>

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The<00:16:34.399><c> king</c><00:16:34.580><c> stood</c><00:16:34.779><c> by</c><00:16:35.039><c> a</c><00:16:35.240><c> pillar</c><00:16:35.539><c> and</c><00:16:35.899><c> made</c><00:16:36.059><c> a</c><00:16:36.320><c> covenant</c>

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before<00:16:36.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:37.340><c> to</c><00:16:37.620><c> walk</c><00:16:38.019><c> after</c><00:16:38.360><c> Yahweh</c>

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and<00:16:39.500><c> to</c><00:16:39.659><c> keep</c><00:16:39.799><c> his</c><00:16:39.940><c> commandments</c><00:16:40.539><c> and</c><00:16:41.120><c> his</c><00:16:41.320><c> testimonies</c>

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and<00:16:42.419><c> his</c><00:16:42.639><c> statutes</c><00:16:43.259><c> with</c><00:16:43.639><c> all</c><00:16:43.820><c> their</c><00:16:44.059><c> heart</c>

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and<00:16:44.740><c> with</c><00:16:44.940><c> all</c><00:16:45.080><c> their</c><00:16:45.299><c> soul</c><00:16:45.720><c> to</c><00:16:46.200><c> perform</c><00:16:46.519><c> the</c><00:16:46.779><c> words</c>

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of<00:16:47.159><c> this</c><00:16:47.399><c> covenant</c><00:16:47.639><c> that</c><00:16:47.820><c> were</c><00:16:48.000><c> written</c><00:16:48.279><c> in</c><00:16:48.600><c> this</c><00:16:48.840><c> book,</c>

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and<00:16:49.899><c> all</c><00:16:50.200><c> the</c><00:16:50.419><c> people</c><00:16:50.779><c> stood</c><00:16:51.259><c> to</c><00:16:51.740><c> the</c><00:16:51.919><c> covenant.</c>

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You<00:16:52.379><c> know,</c><00:16:54.639><c> urged</c><00:16:54.799><c> on</c><00:16:55.000><c> by</c><00:16:55.240><c> the</c><00:16:55.500><c> king,</c><00:16:55.940><c> indeed,</c>

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more<00:16:57.120><c> so</c><00:16:57.299><c> because</c><00:16:57.620><c> fearing</c><00:16:57.899><c> of</c><00:16:58.039><c> his</c><00:16:58.259><c> wrath,</c>

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the<00:16:59.460><c> people</c><00:16:59.720><c> do</c><00:16:59.960><c> agree</c><00:17:00.480><c> to</c><00:17:01.039><c> kiss</c><00:17:01.240><c> him</c><00:17:01.480><c> hand,</c>

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and<00:17:02.559><c> the</c><00:17:02.720><c> Mosaic</c><00:17:03.139><c> covenant</c><00:17:03.559><c> was</c><00:17:03.960><c> renewed</c><00:17:04.440><c> within</c><00:17:04.680><c> the</c><00:17:04.859><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:17:06.460><c> great</c><00:17:06.680><c> celebrations</c><00:17:07.579><c> took</c><00:17:08.059><c> place</c>

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with<00:17:09.000><c> enthusiasm</c><00:17:09.759><c> in</c><00:17:10.000><c> those</c><00:17:10.240><c> celebrations.</c>

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It<00:17:11.940><c> was</c><00:17:12.119><c> a</c><00:17:12.220><c> wonderful</c><00:17:12.480><c> occasion</c><00:17:12.960><c> for</c><00:17:13.180><c> the</c><00:17:13.400><c> king</c>

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who<00:17:13.880><c> felt</c><00:17:14.039><c> that</c><00:17:14.640><c> while</c><00:17:14.779><c> the</c><00:17:15.000><c> foundations</c><00:17:15.700><c> now</c><00:17:16.099><c> had</c><00:17:16.299><c> been</c>

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put<00:17:17.380><c> in</c><00:17:17.700><c> place</c><00:17:17.980><c> for</c><00:17:18.299><c> a</c><00:17:18.460><c> permanent</c><00:17:18.740><c> reform,</c>

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but<00:17:21.799><c> a</c><00:17:22.000><c> notice</c><00:17:22.240><c> of</c><00:17:22.240><c> soberness</c><00:17:22.720><c> was</c><00:17:22.940><c> introduced</c>

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by<00:17:23.559><c> the</c><00:17:23.680><c> warnings</c><00:17:23.920><c> of</c><00:17:24.220><c> Jeremiah,</c>

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because<00:17:25.839><c> Jeremiah</c><00:17:26.359><c> revealed</c><00:17:26.940><c> the</c><00:17:27.240><c> weaknesses</c>

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associated<00:17:28.400><c> with</c><00:17:28.660><c> the</c><00:17:28.819><c> reforms</c><00:17:29.400><c> that</c><00:17:29.819><c> were</c><00:17:30.000><c> put</c><00:17:30.180><c> in</c><00:17:30.339><c> place.</c>

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Despite<00:17:31.960><c> appearances,</c>

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Jeremiah<00:17:36.099><c> claimed</c><00:17:36.759><c> that</c><00:17:36.980><c> the</c><00:17:37.160><c> hearts</c><00:17:37.339><c> of</c><00:17:37.519><c> the</c><00:17:37.660><c> people</c>

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were<00:17:38.099><c> not</c><00:17:38.359><c> in</c><00:17:38.839><c> the</c><00:17:39.099><c> reform</c><00:17:39.440><c> itself,</c>

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and<00:17:41.339><c> he</c><00:17:41.680><c> decried</c><00:17:42.059><c> their</c><00:17:42.319><c> hypocritical</c><00:17:42.960><c> attitude</c>

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of<00:17:43.539><c> the</c><00:17:43.759><c> nation</c><00:17:44.220><c> and</c><00:17:44.740><c> of</c><00:17:44.920><c> the</c><00:17:45.059><c> people,</c>

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and<00:17:46.240><c> he</c><00:17:46.619><c> saw</c><00:17:46.880><c> that</c><00:17:47.079><c> and</c><00:17:47.180><c> told</c><00:17:47.440><c> them</c>

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how<00:17:47.839><c> displeasing</c><00:17:48.319><c> it</c><00:17:48.460><c> was</c><00:17:48.720><c> to</c><00:17:48.900><c> God</c>

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in<00:17:49.400><c> terms</c><00:17:49.640><c> of</c><00:17:49.819><c> the</c><00:17:49.920><c> way</c><00:17:50.380><c> it</c><00:17:50.559><c> was</c><00:17:50.740><c> just</c><00:17:50.940><c> all</c><00:17:51.140><c> for</c><00:17:51.359><c> show.</c>

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But<00:17:54.000><c> these</c><00:17:54.160><c> messages</c><00:17:54.500><c> of</c><00:17:54.759><c> warning</c><00:17:54.960><c> caused</c><00:17:55.359><c> the</c><00:17:55.619><c> king</c>

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to<00:17:56.059><c> just</c><00:17:56.500><c> intensify</c><00:17:57.720><c> his</c><00:17:58.119><c> reformation.</c>

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Every<00:17:59.700><c> effort</c><00:17:59.920><c> was</c><00:18:00.140><c> made</c><00:18:00.339><c> to</c><00:18:00.740><c> completely</c><00:18:01.039><c> stamp</c><00:18:01.400><c> out</c>

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the<00:18:02.279><c> sin</c><00:18:02.400><c> of</c><00:18:02.599><c> idolatry</c><00:18:03.180><c> within</c><00:18:03.380><c> the</c><00:18:03.579><c> nation.</c>

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In<00:18:05.099><c> 2</c><00:18:05.220><c> Kings</c><00:18:05.480><c> 22</c><00:18:06.140><c> and</c><00:18:06.380><c> 23,</c><00:18:08.140><c> both</c><00:18:08.240><c> those</c><00:18:08.460><c> chapters</c><00:18:08.700><c> record</c>

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a<00:18:09.299><c> lot</c><00:18:09.500><c> of</c><00:18:09.640><c> that</c><00:18:09.880><c> reform</c><00:18:10.220><c> that</c><00:18:10.400><c> goes</c><00:18:10.539><c> on.</c>

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You<00:18:11.880><c> know,</c><00:18:12.079><c> all</c><00:18:12.240><c> the</c><00:18:12.359><c> pagan</c><00:18:12.559><c> priests</c><00:18:12.900><c> were</c><00:18:13.119><c> quick</c><00:18:13.240><c> to</c><00:18:13.380><c> the</c><00:18:13.619><c> sword,</c>

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and<00:18:15.119><c> Josiah</c><00:18:15.539><c> personally</c><00:18:16.140><c> supervised</c><00:18:16.740><c> the</c><00:18:16.980><c> destruction</c>

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of<00:18:17.599><c> the</c><00:18:17.839><c> false</c><00:18:18.140><c> gods</c><00:18:18.480><c> and</c><00:18:18.640><c> the</c><00:18:18.920><c> altars,</c>

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breaking<00:18:19.920><c> them</c><00:18:20.160><c> down</c><00:18:20.380><c> into</c><00:18:20.619><c> pieces,</c><00:18:21.140><c> grinding</c><00:18:21.380><c> them</c><00:18:21.640><c> to</c><00:18:21.819><c> powder,</c>

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and<00:18:23.000><c> strewing</c><00:18:23.299><c> the</c><00:18:23.440><c> dust</c><00:18:23.660><c> upon</c><00:18:23.839><c> the</c><00:18:24.119><c> graves</c>

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of<00:18:24.579><c> the</c><00:18:24.740><c> previous</c><00:18:25.079><c> worshipers.</c>

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And<00:18:26.740><c> the</c><00:18:26.900><c> so</c><00:18:27.140><c>-called</c><00:18:27.359><c> holy</c><00:18:27.700><c> places</c><00:18:28.339><c> dedicated</c>

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to<00:18:29.720><c> the</c><00:18:29.920><c> adulterous</c><00:18:30.380><c> worship</c><00:18:30.700><c> were</c><00:18:30.940><c> thrown</c><00:18:31.220><c> down,</c>

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and<00:18:32.380><c> they</c><00:18:32.500><c> were</c><00:18:32.700><c> desecrated</c><00:18:33.180><c> with</c><00:18:33.400><c> the</c><00:18:33.599><c> bones</c><00:18:33.839><c> of</c><00:18:34.079><c> dead</c><00:18:34.259><c> men.</c>

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Even<00:18:35.420><c> the</c><00:18:35.680><c> altar</c><00:18:35.799><c> that</c><00:18:36.079><c> Jeroboam</c><00:18:37.200><c> had</c><00:18:37.599><c> made</c>

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to<00:18:38.019><c> serve</c><00:18:38.200><c> the</c><00:18:38.500><c> false</c><00:18:39.019><c> gods</c><00:18:39.440><c> and</c><00:18:40.339><c> to</c><00:18:40.720><c> be</c><00:18:40.839><c> the</c><00:18:41.140><c> center</c>

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of<00:18:41.559><c> the</c><00:18:41.700><c> false</c><00:18:41.940><c> worship</c><00:18:42.400><c> was</c><00:18:43.140><c> broken</c><00:18:43.420><c> down</c><00:18:43.720><c> and</c><00:18:44.079><c> destroyed.</c>

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Externally,<00:18:47.420><c> at</c><00:18:47.880><c> least,</c><00:18:49.319><c> the</c><00:18:49.460><c> land</c><00:18:49.660><c> was</c><00:18:49.980><c> cleansed</c><00:18:50.339><c> of</c><00:18:50.579><c> idolatry.</c>

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But<00:18:53.220><c> Josiah</c><00:18:53.720><c> then</c><00:18:54.059><c> inaugurated</c><00:18:54.480><c> a</c><00:18:54.700><c> great</c><00:18:54.960><c> Passover</c><00:18:55.420><c> feast</c>

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that<00:18:56.140><c> exceeded</c><00:18:56.420><c> any</c><00:18:57.180><c> that</c><00:18:57.539><c> preceded</c><00:18:57.960><c> its</c><00:18:58.220><c> intensity</c><00:18:58.680><c> and</c><00:18:58.940><c> size.</c>

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And<00:19:00.500><c> at</c><00:19:00.619><c> the</c><00:19:00.700><c> same</c><00:19:00.940><c> time,</c><00:19:01.240><c> he</c><00:19:01.440><c> ruthlessly</c><00:19:01.859><c> crushed</c>

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any<00:19:02.740><c> abominations</c><00:19:03.380><c> that</c><00:19:03.579><c> had</c><00:19:03.759><c> been</c><00:19:03.940><c> permitted</c>

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to<00:19:04.519><c> develop</c><00:19:04.700><c> in</c><00:19:04.880><c> the</c><00:19:05.019><c> land</c><00:19:05.240><c> that</c><00:19:05.640><c> were</c><00:19:05.900><c> contrary</c><00:19:06.400><c> to</c><00:19:06.619><c> the</c><00:19:06.799><c> law.</c>

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And<00:19:08.380><c> this</c><00:19:08.559><c> is</c><00:19:08.700><c> what</c><00:19:08.880><c> the</c><00:19:09.119><c> scripture</c><00:19:09.420><c> says</c>

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concerning<00:19:11.240><c> Josiah's</c><00:19:12.039><c> character.</c>

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In<00:19:12.500><c> 2</c><00:19:12.740><c> Kings</c><00:19:13.000><c> 23</c><00:19:13.539><c> and</c><00:19:13.700><c> verse</c><00:19:13.920><c> 25,</c><00:19:15.059><c> in</c><00:19:15.460><c> speaking</c><00:19:15.740><c> of</c><00:19:15.960><c> Josiah,</c>

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it<00:19:16.500><c> says,</c><00:19:16.839><c> like</c><00:19:16.839><c> unto</c><00:19:17.019><c> him</c><00:19:17.180><c> was</c><00:19:17.380><c> there</c><00:19:17.599><c> no</c><00:19:17.799><c> king</c><00:19:18.019><c> before</c><00:19:18.480><c> him</c>

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that<00:19:19.579><c> turned</c><00:19:19.759><c> to</c><00:19:20.019><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:20.240><c> with</c><00:19:20.440><c> all</c><00:19:20.579><c> his</c><00:19:20.839><c> heart</c>

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and<00:19:21.339><c> with</c><00:19:21.500><c> all</c><00:19:21.660><c> his</c><00:19:21.900><c> soul</c><00:19:22.339><c> and</c><00:19:22.700><c> with</c><00:19:22.900><c> all</c><00:19:23.059><c> his</c><00:19:23.299><c> might,</c>

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according<00:19:24.579><c> to</c><00:19:24.859><c> all</c><00:19:25.099><c> the</c><00:19:25.259><c> law</c><00:19:25.339><c> of</c><00:19:25.559><c> Moses.</c>

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Neither<00:19:26.839><c> after</c><00:19:27.200><c> him</c><00:19:27.420><c> arose</c><00:19:27.680><c> there</c><00:19:27.940><c> any</c><00:19:28.160><c> like</c><00:19:28.480><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:19:31.099><c> truly</c><00:19:31.299><c> a</c><00:19:31.579><c> wonderful</c><00:19:31.980><c> record.</c>

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It's<00:19:33.000><c> in</c><00:19:33.240><c> striking</c><00:19:33.500><c> contrast</c><00:19:34.460><c> to</c><00:19:35.019><c> that</c><00:19:35.480><c> of</c><00:19:35.940><c> Jeroboam</c><00:19:36.519><c> in</c><00:19:36.700><c> the</c><00:19:36.900><c> north,</c>

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whose<00:19:38.119><c> apostasy</c><00:19:39.160><c> he</c><00:19:39.440><c> just</c><00:19:39.619><c> had</c><00:19:39.779><c> revenge,</c>

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and<00:19:41.279><c> of</c><00:19:41.519><c> whom</c><00:19:41.900><c> it</c><00:19:42.420><c> is</c><00:19:42.619><c> recorded</c><00:19:42.960><c> that</c><00:19:43.140><c> he</c><00:19:43.279><c> made</c><00:19:43.500><c> Israel</c><00:19:43.859><c> the</c><00:19:44.160><c> sin,</c>

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and<00:19:44.660><c> every</c><00:19:44.940><c> king</c><00:19:45.180><c> after</c><00:19:45.519><c> him</c><00:19:45.640><c> was</c><00:19:45.960><c> measured</c>

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according<00:19:49.400><c> to</c><00:19:49.579><c> that</c><00:19:49.740><c> same</c><00:19:49.960><c> standard.</c>

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So<00:19:54.200><c> where</c><00:19:54.380><c> does</c><00:19:54.619><c> Zephaniah</c><00:19:55.099><c> fit</c><00:19:55.539><c> in</c><00:19:56.299><c> this</c><00:19:56.660><c> reign?</c>

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Well,<00:19:58.359><c> looking</c><00:19:58.519><c> back</c><00:19:58.799><c> at</c><00:19:58.940><c> this</c><00:19:59.200><c> timeline</c><00:19:59.599><c> for</c><00:20:00.019><c> the</c><00:20:00.140><c> kings</c><00:20:00.319><c> of</c><00:20:00.519><c> Judah,</c>

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we<00:20:00.900><c> generally</c><00:20:01.900><c> put</c><00:20:02.259><c> Zephaniah</c><00:20:02.920><c> in</c><00:20:03.140><c> the</c><00:20:03.440><c> earlier</c><00:20:03.779><c> portion</c>

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of<00:20:05.940><c> Josiah's</c><00:20:06.599><c> reign.</c>

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Prior<00:20:08.480><c> to</c><00:20:08.960><c> the</c><00:20:09.099><c> beginning</c><00:20:09.500><c> of</c><00:20:10.559><c> Josiah's,</c>

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the<00:20:13.720><c> institution</c><00:20:14.200><c> in</c><00:20:14.420><c> the</c><00:20:14.500><c> 18th</c><00:20:14.960><c> year</c>

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of<00:20:15.680><c> the</c><00:20:15.859><c> reformation</c><00:20:16.279><c> he</c><00:20:16.460><c> begins</c><00:20:16.660><c> there,</c>

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and<00:20:17.319><c> in</c><00:20:17.539><c> particular,</c><00:20:18.220><c> the</c><00:20:18.440><c> Passover</c><00:20:18.859><c> that</c><00:20:19.059><c> gets</c><00:20:19.299><c> instituted</c>

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at<00:20:19.940><c> that</c><00:20:20.119><c> point</c><00:20:20.299><c> in</c><00:20:20.460><c> time.</c>

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Now<00:20:21.579><c> again,</c><00:20:21.740><c> we</c><00:20:21.819><c> can't</c><00:20:22.059><c> be</c><00:20:22.240><c> dogmatic</c><00:20:22.799><c> about</c><00:20:23.119><c> the</c><00:20:23.460><c> positioning</c>

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of<00:20:24.000><c> this,</c>

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but<00:20:24.819><c> it</c><00:20:25.200><c> seems</c><00:20:25.480><c> that</c><00:20:25.740><c> the</c><00:20:26.000><c> condition</c><00:20:26.200><c> of</c><00:20:26.380><c> the</c><00:20:26.559><c> people</c>

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that<00:20:27.299><c> are</c><00:20:27.519><c> rebuked</c><00:20:27.759><c> by</c><00:20:27.980><c> the</c><00:20:28.240><c> prophet</c><00:20:28.539><c> here</c><00:20:28.819><c> in</c><00:20:28.980><c> chapter</c><00:20:29.279><c> one,</c>

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and<00:20:29.799><c> as</c><00:20:30.000><c> we</c><00:20:30.160><c> go</c><00:20:30.240><c> into</c><00:20:30.420><c> chapter</c><00:20:30.680><c> two</c><00:20:31.039><c> and</c><00:20:31.059><c> three,</c>

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seem<00:20:32.619><c> to</c><00:20:33.099><c> favor</c><00:20:33.319><c> the</c><00:20:33.559><c> idea</c><00:20:33.759><c> that</c><00:20:33.940><c> Zephaniah</c><00:20:34.400><c> had</c><00:20:34.640><c> to</c><00:20:34.839><c> be</c>

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giving<00:20:36.000><c> these</c><00:20:36.319><c> messages</c><00:20:36.759><c> and</c><00:20:37.039><c> preaching</c><00:20:37.380><c> these</c><00:20:37.640><c> words</c>

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earlier<00:20:38.680><c> in</c><00:20:39.160><c> the</c><00:20:39.220><c> days</c><00:20:39.460><c> of</c><00:20:39.619><c> Josiah.</c>

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There's<00:20:40.980><c> also</c><00:20:41.259><c> a</c><00:20:41.400><c> little</c><00:20:41.640><c> clue</c><00:20:41.960><c> in</c><00:20:42.180><c> chapter</c><00:20:42.539><c> two,</c>

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in<00:20:43.900><c> verses</c><00:20:44.200><c> 11</c><00:20:44.559><c> to</c><00:20:44.680><c> 13,</c><00:20:45.960><c> where</c><00:20:46.059><c> there's</c><00:20:46.420><c> a</c><00:20:46.619><c> prophecy</c>

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about<00:20:47.299><c> the</c><00:20:47.660><c> destruction</c><00:20:48.059><c> of</c><00:20:48.299><c> Assyria,</c>

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which<00:20:49.059><c> we</c><00:20:49.259><c> know</c><00:20:49.539><c> happens</c><00:20:50.019><c> during</c><00:20:50.319><c> the</c><00:20:50.480><c> reign</c><00:20:50.599><c> of</c><00:20:50.779><c> Josiah.</c>

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So<00:20:52.039><c> it</c><00:20:52.240><c> seemed</c><00:20:52.400><c> to</c><00:20:52.559><c> give</c><00:20:52.640><c> an</c><00:20:52.779><c> indication</c><00:20:53.220><c> that</c><00:20:53.480><c> Zephaniah</c>

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is<00:20:54.339><c> prophesying</c><00:20:55.319><c> prior</c><00:20:55.920><c> to</c><00:20:56.160><c> the</c><00:20:56.359><c> fall</c><00:20:56.539><c> of</c><00:20:56.680><c> Assyria,</c>

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which<00:20:57.859><c> does</c><00:20:58.180><c> happen</c><00:20:58.440><c> in</c><00:20:58.619><c> the</c><00:20:58.740><c> latter</c><00:20:58.940><c> part</c><00:20:59.240><c> of</c><00:20:59.339><c> his</c><00:20:59.579><c> reign.</c>

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So<00:21:00.900><c> the</c><00:21:01.119><c> internal</c><00:21:01.380><c> evidence</c><00:21:01.680><c> of</c><00:21:01.859><c> the</c><00:21:02.039><c> prophecy</c>

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seems<00:21:03.259><c> to</c><00:21:03.420><c> suggest</c><00:21:03.720><c> the</c><00:21:03.960><c> prophet</c><00:21:04.160><c> delivered</c><00:21:04.460><c> his</c><00:21:04.640><c> message</c>

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in<00:21:05.440><c> the</c><00:21:05.599><c> reign</c><00:21:05.759><c> of</c><00:21:06.119><c> Josiah</c><00:21:06.240><c> during</c><00:21:06.559><c> the</c><00:21:06.819><c> early</c><00:21:07.059><c> years</c><00:21:07.380><c> of</c><00:21:07.559><c> the</c><00:21:07.720><c> reign,</c>

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prior<00:21:08.819><c> to</c><00:21:09.019><c> the</c><00:21:09.160><c> great</c><00:21:09.400><c> Passover</c>

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that<00:21:10.640><c> occurred</c><00:21:10.880><c> about</c><00:21:11.180><c> the</c><00:21:11.359><c> 18th</c><00:21:11.839><c> year</c><00:21:12.160><c> of</c><00:21:12.339><c> his</c><00:21:12.519><c> reign.</c>

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We<00:21:14.779><c> also</c><00:21:15.059><c> know</c><00:21:15.200><c> from</c><00:21:15.380><c> the</c><00:21:15.619><c> timeline</c>

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that<00:21:16.880><c> Zephaniah</c><00:21:17.420><c> was</c><00:21:17.740><c> contemporary</c><00:21:18.559><c> with</c><00:21:19.059><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:21:21.240><c> began</c><00:21:21.579><c> his</c><00:21:21.859><c> ministry</c><00:21:22.180><c> in</c><00:21:22.380><c> the</c><00:21:22.519><c> 13th</c><00:21:23.039><c> year</c><00:21:23.200><c> of</c><00:21:23.380><c> Josiah,</c>

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and<00:21:24.480><c> it</c><00:21:24.599><c> says</c><00:21:24.720><c> so</c><00:21:24.859><c> right</c><00:21:25.019><c> there</c><00:21:25.180><c> in</c><00:21:25.259><c> the</c><00:21:25.500><c> prophecy.</c>

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And<00:21:27.700><c> his</c><00:21:27.900><c> message,</c><00:21:28.460><c> particularly</c><00:21:28.920><c> his</c><00:21:29.359><c> second</c><00:21:29.720><c> chapter,</c>

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suggests<00:21:31.039><c> almost</c><00:21:31.920><c> an</c><00:21:32.220><c> exact</c><00:21:32.619><c> replication</c>

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of<00:21:33.339><c> what</c><00:21:33.440><c> we</c><00:21:33.700><c> find</c><00:21:33.859><c> in</c><00:21:34.079><c> Zephaniah.</c>

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The<00:21:36.140><c> same</c><00:21:36.559><c> social</c><00:21:37.339><c> injustices</c><00:21:38.039><c> and</c><00:21:38.220><c> the</c><00:21:38.460><c> sinfulness</c>

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that<00:21:39.180><c> is</c><00:21:39.460><c> so</c><00:21:39.859><c> stark</c><00:21:40.259><c> within</c><00:21:40.680><c> the</c><00:21:40.859><c> nation</c>

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are<00:21:41.880><c> recorded</c><00:21:42.180><c> by</c><00:21:42.460><c> both</c><00:21:42.660><c> of</c><00:21:42.819><c> them.</c>

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We<00:21:43.619><c> don't</c><00:21:43.799><c> have</c><00:21:43.980><c> time</c><00:21:44.259><c> to</c><00:21:44.460><c> explore</c><00:21:44.799><c> it</c><00:21:44.980><c> in</c><00:21:45.000><c> much</c><00:21:45.259><c> detail,</c>

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but<00:21:45.880><c> if</c><00:21:46.019><c> you</c><00:21:46.140><c> just</c><00:21:46.279><c> make</c><00:21:46.440><c> a</c><00:21:46.640><c> note,</c>

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if<00:21:47.140><c> you</c><00:21:47.279><c> just</c><00:21:47.440><c> sit</c><00:21:47.539><c> down</c><00:21:47.799><c> and</c><00:21:47.940><c> read</c><00:21:48.119><c> Jeremiah</c><00:21:48.660><c> chapter</c><00:21:49.019><c> two</c>

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on<00:21:49.460><c> your</c><00:21:49.740><c> own,</c><00:21:50.359><c> you'll</c><00:21:50.619><c> hear</c><00:21:50.720><c> a</c><00:21:50.759><c> lot</c><00:21:51.019><c> of</c><00:21:51.259><c> echoes</c>

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to<00:21:51.759><c> what</c><00:21:51.940><c> is</c><00:21:52.059><c> being</c><00:21:52.339><c> said</c><00:21:52.480><c> in</c><00:21:52.720><c> Zephaniah.</c>

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Some<00:21:54.400><c> of</c><00:21:54.519><c> those</c><00:21:54.660><c> are</c><00:21:54.880><c> shown</c><00:21:55.039><c> there</c><00:21:55.259><c> up</c><00:21:55.380><c> on</c><00:21:55.519><c> the</c><00:21:55.779><c> screen,</c>

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and<00:21:56.180><c> there's</c><00:21:56.359><c> a</c><00:21:56.500><c> comparison</c><00:21:57.019><c> of</c><00:21:57.220><c> verses.</c>

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But<00:22:00.660><c> what</c><00:22:00.740><c> we</c><00:22:00.880><c> can</c><00:22:01.059><c> take</c><00:22:01.220><c> from</c><00:22:01.440><c> this</c><00:22:01.740><c> is</c><00:22:01.960><c> that</c>

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the<00:22:03.079><c> combined</c><00:22:03.599><c> ministry</c><00:22:04.519><c> of</c><00:22:04.980><c> Zephaniah</c><00:22:05.500><c> and</c><00:22:05.799><c> Jeremiah</c>

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would<00:22:07.400><c> have</c><00:22:07.539><c> been</c><00:22:07.799><c> powerful</c><00:22:08.400><c> aids</c><00:22:08.839><c> to</c><00:22:09.079><c> Josiah</c>

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through<00:22:10.119><c> that</c><00:22:10.359><c> reformation</c><00:22:10.920><c> process,</c>

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two<00:22:12.299><c> people</c><00:22:12.539><c> that</c><00:22:12.740><c> he</c><00:22:12.859><c> could</c><00:22:13.079><c> lean</c><00:22:13.319><c> upon</c>

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to<00:22:14.420><c> gain</c><00:22:14.799><c> input</c><00:22:15.539><c> and</c><00:22:15.980><c> insight</c><00:22:16.359><c> into</c><00:22:16.579><c> the</c><00:22:16.759><c> things</c><00:22:16.940><c> of</c><00:22:17.240><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:18.319><c> the</c><00:22:18.480><c> king</c><00:22:18.619><c> was</c><00:22:18.839><c> highly</c><00:22:19.099><c> motivated</c><00:22:19.539><c> to</c><00:22:19.819><c> act,</c>

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and<00:22:20.299><c> he</c><00:22:20.519><c> applied</c><00:22:20.779><c> himself</c><00:22:21.160><c> rigorously</c>

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to<00:22:22.539><c> the</c><00:22:22.740><c> reformation</c><00:22:23.259><c> process.</c>

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Well,<00:22:25.599><c> coupled</c><00:22:25.880><c> with</c><00:22:26.119><c> Zephaniah</c><00:22:26.779><c> and</c><00:22:27.640><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:28.339><c> as</c><00:22:28.779><c> aids,</c>

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:31.220
we<00:22:29.859><c> also</c><00:22:30.140><c> have</c><00:22:30.279><c> to</c><00:22:30.480><c> give</c><00:22:30.579><c> consideration</c>

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to<00:22:31.420><c> the</c><00:22:31.579><c> character</c><00:22:31.940><c> of</c><00:22:32.200><c> the</c><00:22:32.380><c> Ecclesia</c>

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during<00:22:33.420><c> this</c><00:22:33.680><c> time</c><00:22:33.900><c> period</c><00:22:34.440><c> that</c><00:22:34.740><c> Josiah</c><00:22:35.180><c> was</c><00:22:35.380><c> working</c><00:22:35.720><c> through</c>

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:39.359
and<00:22:36.680><c> Zephaniah</c><00:22:37.420><c> and</c><00:22:37.759><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:38.180><c> ministered.</c>

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:44.539
Because<00:22:41.599><c> the</c><00:22:41.819><c> state</c><00:22:41.980><c> of</c><00:22:42.160><c> the</c><00:22:42.319><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:42.960><c> wasn't</c><00:22:43.539><c> very</c><00:22:44.000><c> good</c>

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:46.339
during<00:22:44.900><c> this</c><00:22:45.140><c> period</c><00:22:45.259><c> of</c><00:22:45.500><c> time.</c>

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:50.079
You<00:22:46.839><c> can</c><00:22:47.099><c> summarize</c><00:22:47.599><c> the</c><00:22:47.900><c> character</c><00:22:48.420><c> of</c><00:22:49.480><c> the</c><00:22:49.660><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:53.720
or<00:22:50.339><c> the</c><00:22:50.559><c> climate</c><00:22:51.019><c> of</c><00:22:52.079><c> the</c><00:22:52.220><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:52.539><c> in</c><00:22:52.680><c> Zephaniah's</c><00:22:53.319><c> day</c>

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:55.640
through<00:22:54.119><c> a</c><00:22:54.220><c> number</c><00:22:54.380><c> of</c><00:22:54.519><c> these</c><00:22:54.740><c> points.</c>

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First<00:22:56.339><c> off,</c><00:22:56.980><c> we</c><00:22:57.059><c> see</c><00:22:57.559><c> throughout</c><00:22:58.019><c> Josiah's</c><00:22:59.859><c> reign</c>

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:04.779
how<00:23:00.559><c> Judah</c><00:23:00.920><c> was</c><00:23:01.380><c> steeped</c><00:23:01.720><c> in</c><00:23:01.799><c> idolatry</c><00:23:03.200><c> and</c><00:23:03.519><c> worldly</c><00:23:03.779><c> practice.</c>

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:08.700
And<00:23:05.460><c> this</c><00:23:05.599><c> was</c><00:23:05.779><c> a</c><00:23:05.859><c> result</c><00:23:06.359><c> of</c><00:23:06.579><c> nearly</c><00:23:06.859><c> 60</c><00:23:07.259><c> years</c><00:23:07.619><c> of</c><00:23:07.880><c> apostasy,</c>

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:12.480
the<00:23:09.099><c> most</c><00:23:09.319><c> part</c><00:23:09.539><c> of</c><00:23:09.640><c> it</c><00:23:09.839><c> was</c><00:23:10.400><c> through</c><00:23:10.720><c> the</c><00:23:10.819><c> determined</c><00:23:11.279><c> campaign</c>

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:15.420
that<00:23:12.779><c> was</c><00:23:13.119><c> of</c><00:23:13.380><c> corruption</c><00:23:13.680><c> that</c><00:23:13.859><c> was</c><00:23:14.019><c> led</c><00:23:14.200><c> by</c><00:23:14.460><c> Manasseh</c>

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:17.880
and<00:23:15.619><c> then</c><00:23:15.859><c> followed</c><00:23:16.079><c> on</c><00:23:16.339><c> by</c><00:23:16.640><c> his</c><00:23:16.839><c> son</c><00:23:17.019><c> Ammon.</c>

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:21.759
We<00:23:19.880><c> also</c><00:23:20.200><c> see</c><00:23:20.539><c> that</c><00:23:20.859><c> through</c><00:23:21.079><c> the</c><00:23:21.339><c> kings</c>

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:24.960
and<00:23:22.019><c> what</c><00:23:22.859><c> stemming</c><00:23:23.039><c> from</c><00:23:23.359><c> the</c><00:23:23.920><c> sinfulness</c>

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:26.660
that<00:23:25.099><c> there</c><00:23:25.299><c> was</c><00:23:25.500><c> irreversible</c><00:23:26.200><c> judgment</c>

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:28.819
that<00:23:26.900><c> was</c><00:23:27.160><c> to</c><00:23:27.279><c> be</c><00:23:27.420><c> poured</c><00:23:27.500><c> upon</c><00:23:27.799><c> the</c><00:23:27.920><c> nation</c><00:23:28.140><c> of</c><00:23:28.440><c> Judah</c>

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:31.180
and<00:23:29.319><c> that</c><00:23:29.420><c> was</c><00:23:29.619><c> pronounced</c><00:23:30.059><c> directly</c><00:23:30.519><c> by</c><00:23:30.799><c> God,</c>

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not<00:23:31.559><c> only</c><00:23:31.740><c> through</c><00:23:31.940><c> the</c><00:23:32.200><c> prophets,</c>

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:36.819
but<00:23:34.180><c> through</c><00:23:34.859><c> like</c><00:23:35.099><c> Huldah,</c><00:23:35.500><c> the</c><00:23:35.700><c> prophetess.</c>

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:41.240
We<00:23:38.140><c> also</c><00:23:38.539><c> see</c><00:23:38.920><c> that</c><00:23:39.319><c> there</c><00:23:39.480><c> was</c><00:23:39.619><c> only</c><00:23:39.819><c> a</c><00:23:40.180><c> small</c><00:23:40.500><c> remnant</c>

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:46.599
of<00:23:41.619><c> those</c><00:23:41.900><c> surrounding</c><00:23:43.119><c> Josiah</c><00:23:44.119><c> that</c><00:23:45.000><c> was</c><00:23:45.180><c> upholding</c><00:23:45.559><c> the</c><00:23:45.740><c> truth.</c>

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Despite<00:23:47.339><c> the</c><00:23:47.599><c> reformation</c><00:23:48.079><c> that</c><00:23:48.180><c> was</c><00:23:48.259><c> going</c><00:23:48.500><c> on,</c>

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:52.099
there<00:23:48.839><c> was</c><00:23:49.000><c> only</c><00:23:49.180><c> a</c><00:23:49.500><c> small</c><00:23:49.700><c> remnant</c><00:23:50.400><c> that</c><00:23:50.900><c> was</c><00:23:51.160><c> faithful.</c>

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:56.380
And<00:23:53.819><c> lastly,</c><00:23:55.119><c> the</c><00:23:55.220><c> nation</c><00:23:55.480><c> of</c><00:23:55.740><c> Judah</c><00:23:55.920><c> displayed</c>

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:59.200
a<00:23:56.599><c> hypocritical</c><00:23:57.279><c> attitude</c><00:23:57.759><c> regarding</c><00:23:58.259><c> the</c><00:23:58.599><c> reforms</c>

00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:02.539
that<00:23:59.880><c> Jeremiah</c><00:24:00.480><c> takes</c><00:24:00.940><c> on</c><00:24:01.759><c> head</c><00:24:02.019><c> on</c>

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:05.259
in<00:24:02.799><c> terms</c><00:24:03.160><c> of</c><00:24:03.779><c> letting</c><00:24:04.440><c> them</c><00:24:04.740><c> know</c>

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:08.980
how<00:24:05.779><c> their</c><00:24:05.980><c> attitude</c><00:24:06.420><c> was</c><00:24:06.980><c> really</c><00:24:07.519><c> being</c><00:24:08.140><c> exhibited.</c>

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It<00:24:09.279><c> might</c><00:24:09.420><c> have</c><00:24:09.539><c> been</c><00:24:09.759><c> all</c><00:24:10.259><c> externally</c><00:24:10.799><c> looking</c><00:24:11.140><c> good,</c>

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:14.559
but<00:24:11.700><c> on</c><00:24:11.859><c> the</c><00:24:12.099><c> inside,</c><00:24:12.680><c> it</c><00:24:12.859><c> was</c><00:24:13.200><c> corrupt</c><00:24:13.559><c> and</c><00:24:13.799><c> foul.</c>

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:18.000
Now,<00:24:17.259><c> given</c><00:24:17.380><c> that</c><00:24:17.660><c> background,</c>

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let's<00:24:18.339><c> take</c><00:24:18.579><c> a</c><00:24:18.680><c> look</c><00:24:18.759><c> at</c><00:24:18.859><c> the</c><00:24:19.099><c> overall</c><00:24:19.440><c> outline</c><00:24:20.019><c> of</c><00:24:20.200><c> the</c><00:24:20.440><c> prophecy.</c>

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:23.559
And<00:24:21.799><c> we're</c><00:24:21.880><c> going</c><00:24:22.140><c> today</c><00:24:22.720><c> to</c><00:24:23.099><c> look</c><00:24:23.279><c> at</c><00:24:23.380><c> it</c>

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.500
in<00:24:23.579><c> four</c><00:24:23.819><c> different</c><00:24:24.140><c> sections.</c>

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:26.859
We're<00:24:24.619><c> going</c><00:24:24.759><c> to</c><00:24:24.859><c> break</c><00:24:25.000><c> it</c><00:24:25.200><c> apart</c><00:24:25.319><c> into</c><00:24:25.539><c> four</c><00:24:25.779><c> pieces.</c>

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:30.579
The<00:24:27.980><c> first</c><00:24:28.220><c> part</c><00:24:28.480><c> relates</c><00:24:28.920><c> to</c><00:24:29.339><c> the</c><00:24:29.539><c> coming</c><00:24:29.759><c> day</c><00:24:29.960><c> of</c><00:24:30.180><c> Yahweh</c>

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upon<00:24:31.119><c> Judah</c>

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and<00:24:32.380><c> it's</c><00:24:32.660><c> a</c><00:24:32.839><c> warning</c><00:24:33.079><c> of</c><00:24:33.299><c> impending</c><00:24:33.779><c> judgment</c><00:24:34.240><c> upon</c><00:24:34.500><c> the</c><00:24:34.740><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:24:35.740><c> it</c><00:24:35.819><c> deals</c><00:24:35.980><c> with</c><00:24:36.160><c> these</c><00:24:36.319><c> verses</c><00:24:36.640><c> that</c><00:24:36.880><c> we</c><00:24:37.059><c> read</c>

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:39.819
associated<00:24:37.640><c> with</c><00:24:37.839><c> this</c><00:24:37.980><c> first</c><00:24:38.240><c> class</c><00:24:38.539><c> beginning</c><00:24:38.819><c> in</c><00:24:39.000><c> verse</c><00:24:39.220><c> one</c>

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:42.500
and<00:24:40.039><c> going</c><00:24:40.180><c> through</c><00:24:40.559><c> verse</c><00:24:40.880><c> three</c><00:24:41.140><c> of</c><00:24:41.279><c> chapter</c><00:24:41.480><c> two.</c>

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:45.059
This<00:24:43.460><c> will</c><00:24:43.619><c> be</c><00:24:43.799><c> followed</c><00:24:44.019><c> by</c><00:24:44.279><c> a</c><00:24:44.420><c> look</c><00:24:44.519><c> at</c><00:24:44.660><c> the</c><00:24:44.839><c> judgment</c>

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:47.980
of<00:24:45.240><c> the</c><00:24:45.359><c> heathen</c><00:24:45.680><c> nations,</c><00:24:46.380><c> the</c><00:24:46.599><c> judgment</c><00:24:46.880><c> on</c><00:24:47.099><c> the</c><00:24:47.240><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:51.079
And<00:24:48.480><c> this</c><00:24:48.640><c> will</c><00:24:48.900><c> stand</c><00:24:49.099><c> in</c><00:24:49.480><c> contrast</c><00:24:50.079><c> to</c><00:24:50.599><c> the</c><00:24:50.799><c> judgments</c>

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:53.460
that<00:24:51.299><c> are</c><00:24:51.359><c> going</c><00:24:51.440><c> to</c><00:24:51.539><c> be</c><00:24:51.660><c> upon</c><00:24:51.880><c> the</c><00:24:52.059><c> nation</c><00:24:52.299><c> of</c><00:24:52.579><c> Judah.</c>

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:58.279
So<00:24:54.279><c> not</c><00:24:54.500><c> only</c><00:24:54.779><c> Judah,</c><00:24:55.839><c> but</c><00:24:56.480><c> the</c><00:24:56.700><c> heathen</c><00:24:56.940><c> nation</c><00:24:57.220><c> or</c><00:24:57.420><c> the</c><00:24:57.539><c> Gentiles</c>

00:24:58.279 --> 00:25:00.619
are<00:24:58.759><c> facing</c><00:24:59.059><c> judgment</c><00:24:59.380><c> as</c><00:24:59.660><c> well.</c>

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The<00:25:01.039><c> third</c><00:25:01.220><c> section,</c><00:25:02.259><c> we'll</c><00:25:02.400><c> be</c><00:25:02.519><c> looking</c><00:25:02.700><c> at</c><00:25:02.859><c> the</c><00:25:03.019><c> sins</c><00:25:03.160><c> of</c><00:25:03.420><c> Judah,</c>

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:06.319
which<00:25:04.599><c> they</c><00:25:04.940><c> themselves</c><00:25:05.400><c> are</c><00:25:05.619><c> the</c><00:25:05.740><c> vindication</c>

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:08.180
of<00:25:06.539><c> Yahweh's</c><00:25:07.059><c> judgment</c><00:25:07.240><c> that</c><00:25:07.420><c> he's</c><00:25:07.680><c> pouring</c><00:25:07.839><c> out.</c>

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:10.859
The<00:25:08.799><c> sins</c><00:25:09.019><c> stand</c><00:25:09.339><c> alone</c><00:25:09.819><c> are</c><00:25:10.200><c> the</c><00:25:10.420><c> testimony</c>

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:12.460
for<00:25:11.059><c> what</c><00:25:11.259><c> is</c><00:25:11.440><c> to</c><00:25:11.599><c> happen.</c>

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And<00:25:13.539><c> lastly,</c><00:25:13.960><c> the</c><00:25:14.140><c> final</c><00:25:14.460><c> section</c>

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:17.079
beginning<00:25:15.319><c> in</c><00:25:15.819><c> chapter</c><00:25:16.019><c> three</c><00:25:16.259><c> and</c><00:25:16.420><c> verse</c><00:25:16.619><c> eight</c>

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:19.059
is<00:25:17.559><c> a</c><00:25:17.819><c> final</c><00:25:18.039><c> message</c><00:25:18.380><c> of</c><00:25:18.619><c> hope</c>

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:22.059
that<00:25:19.619><c> speaks</c><00:25:19.980><c> of</c><00:25:20.200><c> restoration</c><00:25:20.859><c> and</c><00:25:21.140><c> redemption.</c>

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:26.920
Now<00:25:24.680><c> the</c><00:25:24.839><c> balance</c><00:25:25.519><c> of</c><00:25:26.019><c> our</c><00:25:26.240><c> first</c><00:25:26.500><c> class,</c>

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:30.160
we're<00:25:27.160><c> gonna</c><00:25:27.240><c> be</c><00:25:27.440><c> taking</c><00:25:27.660><c> a</c><00:25:27.859><c> look</c><00:25:28.220><c> at</c><00:25:28.700><c> this</c><00:25:28.880><c> opening</c><00:25:29.259><c> section,</c>

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:34.660
this<00:25:31.359><c> section</c><00:25:31.680><c> on</c><00:25:31.900><c> the</c><00:25:32.119><c> coming</c><00:25:32.319><c> day</c><00:25:32.660><c> of</c><00:25:33.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:33.700><c> upon</c><00:25:34.180><c> Judah,</c>

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upon<00:25:34.900><c> the</c><00:25:35.119><c> nation</c><00:25:35.299><c> of</c><00:25:35.579><c> Judah.</c>

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:41.400
And<00:25:38.759><c> we've</c><00:25:38.980><c> broken</c><00:25:39.140><c> this</c><00:25:39.440><c> down</c><00:25:39.680><c> into</c><00:25:39.960><c> a</c><00:25:40.119><c> number</c><00:25:40.480><c> of</c><00:25:40.839><c> subsections.</c>

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:43.019
You<00:25:41.920><c> know,</c><00:25:41.920><c> we</c><00:25:42.039><c> looked</c><00:25:42.180><c> at</c><00:25:42.339><c> verse</c><00:25:42.599><c> one</c>

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:45.460
where<00:25:43.460><c> we</c><00:25:43.619><c> had</c><00:25:43.720><c> the</c><00:25:43.960><c> introduction</c><00:25:44.259><c> of</c><00:25:44.460><c> the</c><00:25:44.579><c> prophet.</c>

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:49.180
Then<00:25:46.819><c> the</c><00:25:47.140><c> initial</c><00:25:47.460><c> verses,</c><00:25:47.839><c> verses</c><00:25:48.140><c> two</c><00:25:48.400><c> to</c><00:25:48.579><c> six,</c>

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:52.279
we<00:25:49.720><c> have</c><00:25:49.859><c> the</c><00:25:50.180><c> announcement</c><00:25:50.539><c> of</c><00:25:50.819><c> the</c><00:25:51.019><c> judgment</c><00:25:51.259><c> itself.</c>

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Zephaniah<00:25:53.900><c> warns</c><00:25:54.420><c> of</c><00:25:54.559><c> the</c><00:25:54.759><c> judgment</c><00:25:55.099><c> that</c><00:25:55.359><c> is</c><00:25:55.579><c> decreed.</c>

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.960
Then<00:25:58.759><c> in</c><00:25:58.960><c> verses</c><00:25:59.140><c> seven</c><00:25:59.420><c> to</c><00:25:59.539><c> 13,</c>

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:03.420
we<00:26:00.200><c> really</c><00:26:00.460><c> have</c><00:26:00.640><c> the</c><00:26:00.880><c> judgment</c><00:26:01.119><c> defined</c><00:26:01.779><c> in</c><00:26:02.279><c> specifics.</c>

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:05.359
In<00:26:03.660><c> other</c><00:26:03.779><c> words,</c><00:26:03.920><c> he</c><00:26:04.140><c> proclaims</c><00:26:04.660><c> the</c><00:26:04.960><c> terms</c>

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:08.519
of<00:26:05.880><c> what's</c><00:26:06.200><c> referred</c><00:26:06.400><c> to</c><00:26:06.579><c> as</c><00:26:06.759><c> Yahweh's</c><00:26:07.299><c> sacrifice,</c>

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:11.359
which<00:26:08.660><c> is</c><00:26:08.859><c> this</c><00:26:09.119><c> judgment</c><00:26:09.380><c> to</c><00:26:09.680><c> happen</c><00:26:09.859><c> to</c><00:26:10.039><c> the</c><00:26:10.140><c> nation</c><00:26:10.359><c> of</c><00:26:10.619><c> Judah.</c>

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:16.160
Then<00:26:12.900><c> in</c><00:26:13.180><c> verses</c><00:26:13.380><c> 14</c><00:26:13.799><c> to</c><00:26:13.900><c> 18,</c><00:26:14.220><c> we</c><00:26:14.380><c> have</c><00:26:14.539><c> the</c><00:26:14.799><c> judgment</c><00:26:15.119><c> described</c>

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:21.740
as<00:26:16.839><c> he</c><00:26:17.220><c> declares</c><00:26:18.380><c> the</c><00:26:19.059><c> nearness</c><00:26:19.640><c> of</c><00:26:20.160><c> the</c><00:26:20.279><c> day</c><00:26:20.420><c> of</c><00:26:20.619><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:26.319
And<00:26:22.880><c> then</c><00:26:23.119><c> lastly,</c><00:26:23.440><c> in</c><00:26:23.559><c> the</c><00:26:23.700><c> opening</c><00:26:23.920><c> three</c><00:26:24.220><c> verses</c><00:26:24.579><c> of</c><00:26:24.819><c> chapter</c><00:26:25.119><c> two,</c>

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:28.720
we<00:26:26.799><c> have</c><00:26:26.940><c> the</c><00:26:27.200><c> concluding</c><00:26:27.480><c> verses</c><00:26:27.740><c> of</c><00:26:27.920><c> this</c><00:26:28.160><c> first</c><00:26:28.380><c> section,</c>

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:30.779
which<00:26:29.259><c> appeared</c><00:26:29.759><c> at</c><00:26:29.940><c> the</c><00:26:29.940><c> beginning</c><00:26:30.119><c> of</c><00:26:30.299><c> that</c><00:26:30.500><c> chapter,</c>

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:33.519
and<00:26:30.980><c> it's</c><00:26:31.200><c> an</c><00:26:31.380><c> invitation</c><00:26:31.980><c> to</c><00:26:32.339><c> repentance.</c>

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:38.740
You<00:26:34.859><c> know,</c><00:26:34.859><c> the</c><00:26:35.099><c> mercy</c><00:26:35.819><c> of</c><00:26:36.380><c> God</c><00:26:36.680><c> is</c><00:26:37.099><c> extended</c><00:26:37.579><c> to</c><00:26:38.259><c> the</c><00:26:38.440><c> me,</c>

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:41.140
and<00:26:39.400><c> those</c><00:26:39.579><c> who</c><00:26:39.759><c> would</c><00:26:39.940><c> receive</c><00:26:40.240><c> it.</c>

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:48.099
So<00:26:44.240><c> let's</c><00:26:44.559><c> proceed</c><00:26:44.980><c> through</c><00:26:45.759><c> this</c><00:26:47.420><c> first</c><00:26:47.680><c> section.</c>

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:50.920
And<00:26:48.440><c> we</c><00:26:48.579><c> had</c><00:26:48.720><c> looked</c><00:26:48.960><c> previously</c><00:26:49.480><c> at</c><00:26:49.720><c> verses</c><00:26:49.980><c> two</c><00:26:50.259><c> and</c><00:26:50.400><c> three.</c>

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:53.359
Where<00:26:51.539><c> God</c><00:26:51.779><c> indicates</c><00:26:52.460><c> to</c><00:26:52.839><c> the</c><00:26:53.079><c> prophet</c>

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:55.640
that<00:26:53.539><c> he</c><00:26:53.680><c> is</c><00:26:53.900><c> going</c><00:26:54.140><c> to</c><00:26:54.480><c> utterly</c><00:26:54.819><c> consume</c>

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:58.220
everything<00:26:56.559><c> that</c><00:26:56.779><c> is</c><00:26:56.920><c> on</c><00:26:57.079><c> the</c><00:26:57.279><c> land.</c>

00:26:58.920 --> 00:27:01.640
And<00:26:59.059><c> the</c><00:26:59.220><c> language</c><00:26:59.480><c> of</c><00:26:59.700><c> these</c><00:26:59.960><c> initial</c><00:27:00.319><c> verses</c>

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:04.799
finds<00:27:02.539><c> echo</c><00:27:03.099><c> or</c><00:27:04.099><c> echoes</c><00:27:04.460><c> that</c>

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:07.339
of<00:27:05.000><c> what</c><00:27:05.279><c> occurred</c><00:27:05.559><c> in</c><00:27:05.799><c> the</c><00:27:05.920><c> flood,</c><00:27:06.359><c> doesn't</c><00:27:06.480><c> it?</c>

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:11.700
But<00:27:08.480><c> more</c><00:27:08.839><c> specifically,</c><00:27:10.200><c> it</c><00:27:10.400><c> seems</c><00:27:10.579><c> that</c><00:27:10.819><c> this</c><00:27:11.099><c> declaration,</c>

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:13.480
in<00:27:11.940><c> particular</c><00:27:12.259><c> from</c><00:27:12.480><c> verses</c><00:27:12.819><c> two</c><00:27:13.099><c> and</c><00:27:13.200><c> three,</c>

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:16.619
repeats<00:27:14.559><c> a</c><00:27:15.180><c> threat</c><00:27:15.279><c> of</c><00:27:15.480><c> the</c><00:27:15.640><c> law</c>

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:19.500
as<00:27:17.000><c> it's</c><00:27:17.299><c> recorded</c><00:27:17.599><c> in</c><00:27:17.799><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:27:18.299><c> chapter</c><00:27:18.740><c> four</c>

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:22.140
in<00:27:19.839><c> verses</c><00:27:20.079><c> 25</c><00:27:20.599><c> and</c><00:27:20.819><c> 26.</c>

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.960
Because<00:27:22.680><c> in</c><00:27:22.819><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:27:23.319><c> it</c><00:27:23.480><c> says,</c>

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:27.240
when<00:27:24.380><c> thou</c><00:27:24.599><c> shalt</c><00:27:24.859><c> beget</c><00:27:25.160><c> children</c><00:27:25.619><c> and</c><00:27:25.819><c> children's</c><00:27:26.299><c> children,</c>

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:29.460
and<00:27:27.559><c> you</c><00:27:27.660><c> shall</c><00:27:27.740><c> have</c><00:27:27.900><c> remained</c><00:27:28.180><c> long</c><00:27:28.619><c> in</c><00:27:28.819><c> the</c><00:27:29.059><c> land,</c>

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:32.880
and<00:27:30.019><c> shall</c><00:27:30.200><c> correct</c><00:27:30.599><c> yourselves</c><00:27:31.059><c> and</c><00:27:31.259><c> make</c><00:27:31.420><c> a</c><00:27:31.579><c> graven</c><00:27:31.799><c> image,</c>

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:34.420
or<00:27:33.140><c> the</c><00:27:33.400><c> likeness</c><00:27:33.779><c> of</c><00:27:34.000><c> anything,</c>

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:37.380
and<00:27:34.799><c> shall</c><00:27:35.059><c> do</c><00:27:35.539><c> evil</c><00:27:35.839><c> in</c><00:27:36.059><c> the</c><00:27:36.180><c> sight</c><00:27:36.319><c> of</c><00:27:36.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:36.799><c> the</c><00:27:37.000><c> God</c>

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:39.579
to<00:27:37.920><c> provoke</c><00:27:38.299><c> him</c><00:27:38.500><c> to</c><00:27:38.660><c> anger,</c>

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:43.000
I<00:27:40.200><c> call</c><00:27:40.400><c> heaven</c><00:27:40.779><c> and</c><00:27:40.980><c> earth</c><00:27:41.119><c> to</c><00:27:41.359><c> witness</c><00:27:41.599><c> against</c><00:27:42.000><c> you</c><00:27:42.259><c> this</c><00:27:42.599><c> day</c>

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:47.460
that<00:27:43.500><c> you</c><00:27:43.720><c> shall</c><00:27:44.039><c> soon</c><00:27:44.819><c> utterly</c><00:27:45.579><c> perish</c><00:27:46.299><c> from</c><00:27:46.779><c> off</c><00:27:46.960><c> the</c><00:27:47.180><c> land</c>

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:50.079
where<00:27:47.720><c> until</c><00:27:47.880><c> you</c><00:27:48.039><c> go</c><00:27:48.240><c> over</c><00:27:48.539><c> Jordan</c><00:27:48.779><c> to</c><00:27:48.960><c> possess</c><00:27:49.279><c> it.</c>

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:52.920
You<00:27:50.440><c> shall</c><00:27:50.619><c> not</c><00:27:50.779><c> prolong</c><00:27:51.220><c> your</c><00:27:51.460><c> days</c><00:27:51.680><c> upon</c><00:27:52.059><c> it,</c>

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:55.579
but<00:27:53.279><c> shall</c><00:27:53.400><c> utterly</c><00:27:54.000><c> be</c><00:27:54.519><c> destroyed.</c>

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:58.380
See,<00:27:57.079><c> Zephaniah</c><00:27:57.420><c> is</c><00:27:57.640><c> really</c><00:27:57.880><c> confirming</c>

00:27:58.380 --> 00:28:01.180
that<00:27:58.720><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:58.960><c> was</c><00:27:59.180><c> going</c><00:27:59.359><c> to</c><00:27:59.579><c> carry</c><00:27:59.759><c> out</c><00:28:00.039><c> his</c><00:28:00.339><c> threat.</c>

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:04.079
Figuratively<00:28:02.359><c> speaking,</c><00:28:02.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:03.259><c> is</c><00:28:03.599><c> described</c>

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:08.039
as<00:28:04.680><c> destroying</c><00:28:05.180><c> his</c><00:28:06.140><c> political</c><00:28:06.779><c> creation</c>

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:12.200
and<00:28:08.460><c> reducing</c><00:28:09.039><c> it</c><00:28:09.740><c> to</c><00:28:10.059><c> the</c><00:28:10.319><c> state</c><00:28:10.500><c> of</c><00:28:10.700><c> being</c><00:28:10.859><c> empty</c><00:28:11.160><c> or</c><00:28:11.400><c> void.</c>

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:14.900
And<00:28:13.380><c> we</c><00:28:13.500><c> understand</c><00:28:13.839><c> how</c><00:28:14.039><c> in</c><00:28:14.180><c> the</c><00:28:14.400><c> scriptures,</c>

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:17.799
natural<00:28:15.819><c> creation</c><00:28:16.420><c> is</c><00:28:16.640><c> often</c><00:28:16.980><c> used</c>

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:20.599
to<00:28:18.299><c> type</c><00:28:18.619><c> a</c><00:28:19.180><c> political</c><00:28:19.480><c> creation.</c>

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:24.079
You<00:28:21.539><c> know,</c><00:28:21.880><c> in</c><00:28:21.880><c> a</c><00:28:22.000><c> way,</c><00:28:22.619><c> like</c><00:28:22.799><c> heavens</c><00:28:22.960><c> and</c><00:28:23.220><c> earth,</c>

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:26.039
mountains<00:28:24.519><c> and</c><00:28:24.779><c> hills,</c><00:28:25.119><c> rivers</c><00:28:25.440><c> and</c><00:28:25.759><c> seas,</c>

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:30.440
animals<00:28:26.539><c> and</c><00:28:26.799><c> birds</c><00:28:27.240><c> are</c><00:28:27.960><c> often</c><00:28:28.319><c> used</c><00:28:28.680><c> as</c><00:28:29.019><c> national</c><00:28:29.440><c> symbols.</c>

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:34.359
For<00:28:31.519><c> instance,</c><00:28:32.000><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:32.319><c> described</c><00:28:32.740><c> how</c><00:28:32.960><c> the</c><00:28:33.220><c> mountains,</c>

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:36.140
and<00:28:34.579><c> he</c><00:28:34.660><c> was</c><00:28:34.819><c> referring</c><00:28:35.079><c> to</c><00:28:35.400><c> empires,</c>

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:38.299
how<00:28:36.660><c> those</c><00:28:36.920><c> mountains</c><00:28:37.180><c> would</c><00:28:37.460><c> tremble</c>

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:42.240
at<00:28:38.779><c> the</c><00:28:38.960><c> advance</c><00:28:39.200><c> of</c><00:28:39.420><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:28:40.240><c> and</c><00:28:40.579><c> the</c><00:28:40.759><c> Babylonian</c><00:28:41.299><c> armies.</c>

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:46.400
Also<00:28:44.079><c> how</c><00:28:44.279><c> the</c><00:28:44.420><c> earth</c><00:28:44.579><c> itself,</c><00:28:45.220><c> and</c><00:28:45.380><c> in</c><00:28:45.440><c> that</c><00:28:45.640><c> context,</c>

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:48.980
Jeremiah<00:28:46.920><c> is</c><00:28:47.140><c> referring</c><00:28:47.359><c> to</c><00:28:47.519><c> the</c><00:28:47.599><c> nation</c><00:28:47.819><c> of</c><00:28:48.039><c> Israel,</c>

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:52.059
but<00:28:49.559><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:49.839><c> says</c><00:28:50.079><c> how</c><00:28:50.680><c> the</c><00:28:51.180><c> earth</c><00:28:51.500><c> would</c><00:28:51.779><c> become</c>

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:54.460
without<00:28:52.500><c> form</c><00:28:52.799><c> and</c><00:28:53.059><c> void</c><00:28:53.440><c> as</c><00:28:53.960><c> a</c><00:28:54.220><c> result</c>

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:57.180
of<00:28:54.640><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:28:55.460><c> attack</c><00:28:55.779><c> upon</c><00:28:56.160><c> Judah.</c>

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:59.720
Well,<00:28:58.099><c> Zephaniah</c><00:28:58.480><c> here</c><00:28:58.700><c> is</c><00:28:58.839><c> using</c><00:28:59.039><c> similar</c><00:28:59.319><c> language</c>

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:02.779
to<00:29:00.000><c> illustrate</c><00:29:00.519><c> the</c><00:29:01.259><c> thoroughness</c><00:29:01.779><c> of</c><00:29:02.019><c> the</c><00:29:02.400><c> destruction</c>

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:04.960
of<00:29:02.980><c> the</c><00:29:03.119><c> Jewish</c><00:29:03.420><c> state</c><00:29:04.180><c> resulting</c>

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:08.319
from<00:29:05.539><c> the</c><00:29:05.779><c> outpouring</c><00:29:06.220><c> of</c><00:29:07.140><c> divine</c><00:29:07.380><c> wrath.</c>

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:11.400
The<00:29:09.259><c> land</c><00:29:09.460><c> is</c><00:29:09.700><c> figuratively</c><00:29:10.079><c> described</c><00:29:10.559><c> as</c><00:29:10.980><c> void</c>

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:15.480
being<00:29:12.000><c> completely</c><00:29:12.599><c> emptied</c><00:29:13.140><c> of</c><00:29:13.319><c> all</c><00:29:13.599><c> forms</c><00:29:13.980><c> of</c><00:29:14.240><c> true</c><00:29:14.400><c> life.</c>

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:20.859
Note<00:29:18.500><c> in</c><00:29:18.680><c> verse</c><00:29:18.960><c> three</c><00:29:19.259><c> here,</c><00:29:19.880><c> towards</c><00:29:20.339><c> the</c><00:29:20.559><c> end</c><00:29:20.700><c> here,</c>

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:22.779
this<00:29:21.059><c> word</c><00:29:21.359><c> stumbling</c><00:29:21.740><c> blocks,</c><00:29:22.079><c> where</c><00:29:22.220><c> it</c><00:29:22.400><c> says,</c>

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:25.799
stumbling<00:29:23.380><c> blocks</c><00:29:23.680><c> with</c><00:29:23.880><c> the</c><00:29:24.059><c> wicked</c><00:29:24.279><c> will</c><00:29:24.519><c> be</c><00:29:24.680><c> consumed.</c>

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:28.779
Well,<00:29:27.099><c> what</c><00:29:27.220><c> is</c><00:29:27.440><c> a</c><00:29:27.599><c> stumbling</c><00:29:27.880><c> block?</c>

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:33.019
I<00:29:28.940><c> mean,</c><00:29:29.099><c> a</c><00:29:29.279><c> stumbling</c><00:29:29.579><c> block</c><00:29:29.880><c> is</c><00:29:30.119><c> something</c><00:29:30.400><c> that</c><00:29:31.359><c> impedes</c><00:29:31.900><c> progress.</c>

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:35.000
And<00:29:33.700><c> here</c><00:29:33.799><c> they</c><00:29:34.019><c> refer</c><00:29:34.299><c> to</c><00:29:34.440><c> those</c><00:29:34.759><c> things</c>

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:38.480
which<00:29:35.819><c> got</c><00:29:36.140><c> in</c><00:29:36.299><c> the</c><00:29:36.480><c> way</c><00:29:37.039><c> of</c><00:29:37.440><c> true</c><00:29:37.599><c> worship.</c>

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:43.359
The<00:29:39.859><c> margin</c><00:29:40.420><c> uses</c><00:29:41.240><c> idols</c><00:29:41.839><c> as</c><00:29:42.279><c> an</c><00:29:42.539><c> alternative</c><00:29:42.960><c> rendering</c>

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:44.799
for<00:29:43.680><c> stumbling</c><00:29:43.980><c> block.</c>

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:47.460
And<00:29:46.119><c> Ezekiel</c><00:29:46.500><c> uses</c><00:29:46.839><c> this</c><00:29:47.140><c> idea</c>

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:49.160
and<00:29:47.660><c> gives</c><00:29:47.740><c> some</c><00:29:47.980><c> additional</c><00:29:48.319><c> light</c><00:29:48.500><c> on</c><00:29:48.680><c> the</c><00:29:48.859><c> subject.</c>

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:53.000
He<00:29:49.960><c> describes</c><00:29:50.259><c> men</c><00:29:50.460><c> in</c><00:29:50.619><c> Israel</c><00:29:50.960><c> who</c><00:29:51.960><c> set</c><00:29:52.200><c> up</c><00:29:52.480><c> his</c><00:29:52.799><c> idols</c>

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:55.000
in<00:29:53.220><c> his</c><00:29:53.480><c> heart</c><00:29:53.759><c> and</c><00:29:53.980><c> put</c><00:29:54.059><c> it</c><00:29:54.200><c> the</c><00:29:54.440><c> stumbling</c><00:29:54.720><c> block</c>

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:57.500
of<00:29:55.200><c> his</c><00:29:55.440><c> iniquity</c><00:29:55.920><c> before</c><00:29:56.259><c> his</c><00:29:56.579><c> face.</c>

00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:02.380
You<00:29:59.380><c> know,</c><00:29:59.460><c> it</c><00:29:59.559><c> speaks</c><00:29:59.720><c> about</c><00:30:00.240><c> what</c><00:30:00.539><c> was</c><00:30:00.740><c> in</c><00:30:00.839><c> their</c><00:30:01.200><c> minds</c>

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:04.059
and<00:30:02.599><c> the</c><00:30:02.859><c> focus</c><00:30:03.099><c> of</c><00:30:03.299><c> their</c><00:30:03.539><c> desires.</c>

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:06.559
It<00:30:04.640><c> was</c><00:30:04.759><c> what</c><00:30:04.900><c> was</c><00:30:05.119><c> in</c><00:30:05.240><c> their</c><00:30:05.539><c> hearts.</c>

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:10.660
Well,<00:30:08.700><c> Jesus</c><00:30:09.039><c> said,</c><00:30:09.440><c> where</c><00:30:09.440><c> a</c><00:30:09.519><c> man's</c><00:30:10.039><c> treasure</c><00:30:10.319><c> is,</c>

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:12.640
there<00:30:10.859><c> will</c><00:30:11.059><c> his</c><00:30:11.259><c> heart</c><00:30:11.400><c> be</c><00:30:11.660><c> also.</c>

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:16.599
You<00:30:13.640><c> know,</c><00:30:13.700><c> the</c><00:30:13.859><c> things</c><00:30:14.099><c> that</c><00:30:14.400><c> we</c><00:30:14.660><c> desire</c><00:30:15.180><c> the</c><00:30:15.500><c> most,</c>

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:20.119
if<00:30:17.980><c> they're</c><00:30:18.140><c> not</c><00:30:18.420><c> the</c><00:30:18.599><c> things</c><00:30:18.759><c> of</c><00:30:18.920><c> the</c><00:30:19.160><c> truth,</c>

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:23.500
well,<00:30:20.720><c> then</c><00:30:20.799><c> they</c><00:30:21.000><c> become</c><00:30:21.259><c> our</c><00:30:21.799><c> biggest</c><00:30:22.140><c> stumbling</c><00:30:22.480><c> blocks.</c>

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:26.319
Stumbling<00:30:24.059><c> blocks</c><00:30:24.440><c> to</c><00:30:24.660><c> our</c><00:30:24.839><c> spiritual</c><00:30:25.220><c> progress.</c>

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:30.799
And<00:30:27.819><c> it's</c><00:30:28.019><c> true</c><00:30:28.259><c> that</c><00:30:28.759><c> if</c><00:30:29.079><c> we</c><00:30:29.279><c> have</c><00:30:29.440><c> a</c><00:30:29.700><c> desire,</c>

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:34.019
isn't<00:30:31.599><c> it</c><00:30:31.839><c> that</c><00:30:32.019><c> we'll</c><00:30:32.380><c> put</c><00:30:32.500><c> forth</c><00:30:32.859><c> time</c><00:30:33.279><c> and</c><00:30:33.579><c> effort</c>

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:36.059
to<00:30:34.539><c> attain</c><00:30:34.839><c> that</c><00:30:35.079><c> desire?</c>

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:38.339
And<00:30:36.920><c> often</c><00:30:37.160><c> it's</c><00:30:37.500><c> time</c><00:30:37.759><c> and</c><00:30:37.940><c> effort</c>

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:41.180
that<00:30:38.920><c> really</c><00:30:39.400><c> should</c><00:30:39.539><c> have</c><00:30:39.700><c> been</c><00:30:39.880><c> put</c><00:30:40.059><c> into</c><00:30:40.359><c> the</c><00:30:40.619><c> service</c>

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:42.839
of<00:30:41.380><c> our</c><00:30:41.460><c> Heavenly</c><00:30:41.680><c> Father.</c>

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:46.359
And<00:30:44.460><c> Zephaniah</c><00:30:44.900><c> continues</c><00:30:45.400><c> this</c><00:30:45.660><c> denunciation</c>

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:48.440
in<00:30:46.559><c> verses</c><00:30:46.819><c> four</c><00:30:47.140><c> and</c><00:30:47.319><c> five.</c>

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:53.140
This<00:30:50.619><c> initial</c><00:30:50.880><c> phrase,</c><00:30:51.420><c> I</c><00:30:51.420><c> will</c><00:30:51.759><c> also</c><00:30:52.119><c> stretch</c><00:30:52.460><c> out</c><00:30:52.680><c> my</c><00:30:52.920><c> hand</c>

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:57.480
upon<00:30:53.539><c> Judah,</c><00:30:55.119><c> I</c><00:30:55.380><c> think</c><00:30:55.480><c> is</c><00:30:55.640><c> really</c><00:30:55.940><c> a</c><00:30:56.180><c> key</c><00:30:56.380><c> here.</c>

00:30:58.700 --> 00:31:01.420
It's<00:30:59.019><c> as</c><00:30:59.279><c> if</c><00:30:59.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:00.319><c> is</c><00:31:00.579><c> representing</c><00:31:00.960><c> himself</c>

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:05.539
as<00:31:01.819><c> the</c><00:31:02.279><c> father</c><00:31:02.819><c> of</c><00:31:03.160><c> Judah,</c><00:31:03.819><c> stretching</c><00:31:04.480><c> out</c><00:31:04.839><c> his</c><00:31:05.259><c> hand</c>

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:08.420
to<00:31:06.400><c> chase</c><00:31:06.779><c> in</c><00:31:06.960><c> his</c><00:31:07.140><c> children.</c>

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:11.420
Stretching<00:31:09.779><c> his</c><00:31:09.940><c> arm</c><00:31:10.079><c> out</c><00:31:10.240><c> in</c><00:31:10.359><c> anger,</c>

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:15.859
but<00:31:12.059><c> motivated</c><00:31:12.779><c> by</c><00:31:13.339><c> love</c><00:31:13.599><c> to</c><00:31:13.819><c> bring</c><00:31:13.980><c> his</c><00:31:14.220><c> children</c><00:31:14.559><c> to</c><00:31:14.880><c> repentance.</c>

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:19.140
God<00:31:17.599><c> needed</c><00:31:17.980><c> to</c><00:31:18.259><c> intervene.</c>

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:23.920
In<00:31:20.619><c> these</c><00:31:20.819><c> verses,</c><00:31:21.279><c> we</c><00:31:21.319><c> see</c><00:31:21.480><c> the</c><00:31:21.700><c> people</c><00:31:22.200><c> were</c><00:31:22.539><c> worshiping</c><00:31:23.039><c> Baal.</c>

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:27.079
There's<00:31:25.259><c> mention</c><00:31:25.480><c> of</c><00:31:25.680><c> the</c><00:31:25.880><c> chemerims,</c>

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:30.059
which<00:31:27.319><c> appear</c><00:31:27.619><c> to</c><00:31:27.779><c> be</c><00:31:28.240><c> an</c><00:31:28.619><c> idolatrous</c><00:31:29.380><c> priesthood</c>

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:31.619
that<00:31:30.480><c> wore</c><00:31:30.700><c> black</c><00:31:31.140><c> robes.</c>

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:35.099
And<00:31:31.839><c> it's</c><00:31:32.160><c> the</c><00:31:32.359><c> word</c><00:31:32.539><c> itself</c><00:31:33.079><c> means</c><00:31:33.559><c> to</c><00:31:33.900><c> be</c><00:31:34.160><c> black.</c>

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:37.680
So<00:31:35.220><c> they</c><00:31:35.359><c> were</c><00:31:35.519><c> these</c><00:31:35.779><c> black</c><00:31:36.200><c> robe</c><00:31:36.480><c> priests,</c>

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:39.240
which<00:31:38.160><c> stood</c><00:31:38.380><c> really</c><00:31:38.660><c> in</c><00:31:38.980><c> contrast</c>

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:43.960
to<00:31:39.440><c> the</c><00:31:39.660><c> white</c><00:31:39.859><c> robes</c><00:31:40.700><c> Levites</c><00:31:41.460><c> and</c><00:31:42.019><c> priests</c><00:31:42.440><c> of</c><00:31:42.880><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.500
We<00:31:45.180><c> also</c><00:31:45.440><c> see</c><00:31:45.640><c> in</c><00:31:45.720><c> these</c><00:31:45.859><c> verses</c><00:31:46.079><c> that</c><00:31:46.259><c> the</c><00:31:46.420><c> people</c>

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:48.519
were<00:31:46.720><c> openly</c><00:31:47.019><c> worshiping</c><00:31:47.559><c> the</c><00:31:47.680><c> host</c><00:31:47.880><c> of</c><00:31:48.119><c> heaven</c>

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:50.779
from<00:31:49.039><c> their</c><00:31:49.279><c> housetops.</c>

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:53.460
All<00:31:51.539><c> of</c><00:31:51.680><c> these</c><00:31:51.839><c> children</c><00:31:52.140><c> of</c><00:31:52.359><c> God</c><00:31:52.559><c> were</c><00:31:52.759><c> about</c><00:31:52.960><c> to</c><00:31:53.119><c> be</c><00:31:53.259><c> judged</c>

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:55.059
by<00:31:53.660><c> the</c><00:31:53.799><c> Heavenly</c><00:31:54.079><c> Father.</c>

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:59.799
And<00:31:56.519><c> the</c><00:31:56.619><c> last</c><00:31:56.940><c> group,</c><00:31:57.220><c> and</c><00:31:57.339><c> the</c><00:31:57.480><c> one</c><00:31:58.019><c> was</c><00:31:58.940><c> one</c><00:31:59.180><c> at</c><00:31:59.500><c> the</c><00:31:59.599><c> end</c>

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:02.039
of<00:31:59.900><c> verse</c><00:32:00.099><c> five,</c><00:32:00.519><c> who</c><00:32:00.579><c> the</c><00:32:00.720><c> worship</c><00:32:00.940><c> is</c><00:32:01.119><c> divided.</c>

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:05.740
They<00:32:02.680><c> worship,</c><00:32:03.140><c> it</c><00:32:03.339><c> says,</c><00:32:03.799><c> and</c><00:32:03.880><c> swear</c><00:32:04.099><c> to</c><00:32:04.420><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:10.039
but<00:32:06.539><c> they</c><00:32:06.900><c> also</c><00:32:07.400><c> swear</c><00:32:07.880><c> by</c><00:32:08.539><c> Malcolm,</c><00:32:09.400><c> or</c><00:32:09.660><c> Mole,</c>

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:12.759
which<00:32:10.660><c> is</c><00:32:10.880><c> another</c><00:32:11.079><c> name</c><00:32:11.559><c> for</c><00:32:11.819><c> that.</c>

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:16.599
Well,<00:32:14.480><c> you</c><00:32:14.579><c> can't</c><00:32:14.859><c> have</c><00:32:15.000><c> two</c><00:32:15.259><c> masters,</c>

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:18.140
can<00:32:16.759><c> you,</c><00:32:16.880><c> brothers</c><00:32:17.039><c> and</c><00:32:17.240><c> sisters?</c>

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:22.839
If<00:32:18.660><c> any</c><00:32:18.900><c> of</c><00:32:19.079><c> our</c><00:32:19.279><c> heart</c><00:32:19.900><c> is</c><00:32:20.599><c> in</c><00:32:20.900><c> service</c><00:32:21.299><c> to</c><00:32:21.559><c> our</c><00:32:21.839><c> flesh,</c>

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:24.960
those<00:32:23.299><c> things</c><00:32:23.519><c> that</c><00:32:23.700><c> we</c><00:32:23.980><c> desire,</c>

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:30.019
then<00:32:25.940><c> all</c><00:32:26.319><c> of</c><00:32:26.480><c> it</c><00:32:26.859><c> is</c><00:32:27.079><c> really</c><00:32:27.339><c> in</c><00:32:27.579><c> service</c><00:32:28.480><c> to</c><00:32:28.960><c> that</c><00:32:29.099><c> master.</c>

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:33.019
You<00:32:31.140><c> know,</c><00:32:31.259><c> it</c><00:32:31.380><c> makes</c><00:32:31.500><c> us</c><00:32:31.799><c> think</c><00:32:32.000><c> of</c><00:32:32.279><c> Elijah's</c><00:32:32.859><c> words</c>

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:35.200
when<00:32:33.140><c> he</c><00:32:33.299><c> was</c><00:32:33.539><c> contesting</c><00:32:34.079><c> about</c><00:32:34.359><c> the</c><00:32:34.579><c> prophets</c><00:32:34.880><c> of</c><00:32:35.140><c> Baal</c>

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:39.059
when<00:32:35.339><c> he</c><00:32:35.559><c> said,</c><00:32:36.259><c> how</c><00:32:36.440><c> long</c><00:32:36.799><c> will</c><00:32:37.000><c> you</c><00:32:37.240><c> halt</c><00:32:37.460><c> between</c><00:32:37.779><c> two</c><00:32:38.059><c> opinions?</c>

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:42.299
If<00:32:39.680><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:40.039><c> be</c><00:32:40.240><c> God,</c><00:32:40.660><c> then</c><00:32:40.819><c> follow</c><00:32:41.140><c> him,</c>

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:45.299
but<00:32:42.660><c> if</c><00:32:42.920><c> Baal,</c><00:32:43.900><c> then</c><00:32:44.079><c> follow</c><00:32:44.299><c> him.</c>

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:49.759
Clearly,<00:32:46.859><c> Israel</c><00:32:47.339><c> was</c><00:32:48.099><c> serving</c><00:32:48.319><c> the</c><00:32:48.559><c> wrong</c><00:32:48.740><c> master,</c>

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:52.940
and<00:32:50.160><c> the</c><00:32:50.400><c> father</c><00:32:50.660><c> was</c><00:32:50.920><c> now</c><00:32:51.180><c> going</c><00:32:51.460><c> to</c><00:32:51.660><c> chase</c><00:32:51.839><c> his</c><00:32:51.980><c> children.</c>

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:56.579
Well,<00:32:54.980><c> isn't</c><00:32:55.160><c> that</c><00:32:55.380><c> a</c><00:32:55.640><c> powerful</c><00:32:55.900><c> lesson</c><00:32:56.220><c> for</c><00:32:56.420><c> us,</c>

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:59.839
brothers<00:32:56.759><c> and</c><00:32:56.940><c> sisters,</c><00:32:57.319><c> given</c><00:32:57.680><c> the</c><00:32:58.259><c> age</c><00:32:58.500><c> in</c><00:32:58.640><c> which</c><00:32:58.759><c> we</c><00:32:59.000><c> live?</c>

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:03.980
All<00:33:01.119><c> these</c><00:33:01.440><c> things</c><00:33:01.720><c> which</c><00:33:02.019><c> happened</c><00:33:02.279><c> to</c><00:33:02.460><c> natural</c><00:33:02.839><c> Israel</c>

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:07.220
were<00:33:04.299><c> recorded</c><00:33:04.799><c> for</c><00:33:05.099><c> our</c><00:33:05.359><c> learning</c><00:33:05.640><c> and</c><00:33:05.980><c> for</c><00:33:06.019><c> our</c><00:33:06.240><c> benefit.</c>

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:10.200
And<00:33:08.240><c> God</c><00:33:08.440><c> is</c><00:33:08.720><c> unchangeable.</c>

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:13.000
All<00:33:11.180><c> the</c><00:33:11.460><c> warnings</c><00:33:11.740><c> and</c><00:33:12.000><c> all</c><00:33:12.140><c> the</c><00:33:12.299><c> denunciation</c>

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:14.940
poured<00:33:13.240><c> upon</c><00:33:13.500><c> natural</c><00:33:13.839><c> Israel</c>

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:19.160
will<00:33:15.500><c> be</c><00:33:15.859><c> poured</c><00:33:16.359><c> upon</c><00:33:17.160><c> spiritual</c><00:33:17.559><c> Israel</c><00:33:17.859><c> as</c><00:33:18.119><c> well.</c>

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:23.160
And<00:33:20.579><c> are</c><00:33:20.700><c> not</c><00:33:20.940><c> all</c><00:33:21.200><c> the</c><00:33:21.400><c> warnings</c><00:33:21.720><c> around</c><00:33:22.079><c> us?</c>

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:24.960
You<00:33:23.599><c> know,</c><00:33:23.880><c> surely</c><00:33:24.019><c> we</c><00:33:24.180><c> can</c><00:33:24.319><c> see</c><00:33:24.460><c> the</c><00:33:24.660><c> counterpart</c>

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:27.019
of<00:33:25.180><c> these</c><00:33:25.400><c> things</c><00:33:25.559><c> in</c><00:33:25.720><c> our</c><00:33:25.799><c> midst</c><00:33:25.960><c> today,</c>

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:30.740
and<00:33:27.400><c> therefore,</c><00:33:27.819><c> it</c><00:33:27.940><c> is</c><00:33:28.200><c> a</c><00:33:28.380><c> lesson</c><00:33:28.819><c> that</c><00:33:29.359><c> we</c><00:33:29.559><c> can't</c><00:33:29.920><c> apply.</c>

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:34.380
It's<00:33:31.259><c> a</c><00:33:31.359><c> lesson</c><00:33:31.519><c> we</c><00:33:31.720><c> must</c><00:33:32.039><c> apply</c><00:33:32.740><c> to</c><00:33:33.220><c> our</c><00:33:33.440><c> lives.</c>

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:38.680
And<00:33:36.579><c> I</c><00:33:36.700><c> know,</c><00:33:37.059><c> I</c><00:33:37.359><c> mean,</c><00:33:37.440><c> I</c><00:33:37.759><c> can</c><00:33:37.960><c> speak</c><00:33:38.079><c> for</c><00:33:38.259><c> myself,</c>

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:42.319
I<00:33:38.940><c> mean,</c><00:33:38.940><c> we</c><00:33:39.220><c> struggle</c><00:33:39.819><c> to</c><00:33:40.599><c> serve</c><00:33:40.779><c> the</c><00:33:41.000><c> truth,</c><00:33:41.559><c> don't</c><00:33:41.700><c> we?</c>

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:46.619
I<00:33:43.059><c> mean,</c><00:33:43.160><c> at</c><00:33:43.460><c> times,</c><00:33:43.880><c> we</c><00:33:44.119><c> do</c><00:33:44.359><c> give</c><00:33:44.599><c> in</c><00:33:44.839><c> and</c><00:33:44.980><c> we</c><00:33:45.220><c> serve</c><00:33:45.359><c> our</c><00:33:45.660><c> flesh,</c>

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:49.779
and<00:33:47.420><c> perhaps</c><00:33:47.579><c> some</c><00:33:47.819><c> of</c><00:33:47.940><c> us</c><00:33:48.140><c> to</c><00:33:48.299><c> a</c><00:33:48.460><c> greater</c><00:33:48.640><c> extent.</c>

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:52.799
And<00:33:50.960><c> I</c><00:33:51.039><c> think</c><00:33:51.140><c> we</c><00:33:51.339><c> would</c><00:33:51.720><c> readily</c><00:33:52.180><c> acknowledge</c>

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:56.160
that<00:33:53.079><c> the</c><00:33:53.359><c> zeal</c><00:33:53.700><c> for</c><00:33:53.920><c> the</c><00:33:54.140><c> kingdom</c><00:33:54.420><c> and</c><00:33:54.599><c> return</c><00:33:54.880><c> of</c><00:33:55.099><c> Christ</c>

00:33:56.880 --> 00:34:01.519
isn't<00:33:57.400><c> what</c><00:33:57.619><c> it</c><00:33:57.819><c> used</c><00:33:58.039><c> to</c><00:33:58.220><c> be</c><00:33:58.420><c> or</c><00:33:58.640><c> isn't</c><00:33:59.579><c> always</c><00:33:59.880><c> as</c><00:34:00.099><c> it</c><00:34:00.279><c> should</c><00:34:00.519><c> be.</c>

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:04.160
And<00:34:02.339><c> even</c><00:34:02.480><c> the</c><00:34:02.759><c> activities</c><00:34:03.079><c> in</c><00:34:03.299><c> his</c><00:34:03.539><c> service</c>

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:07.619
seem<00:34:04.680><c> to</c><00:34:04.839><c> be</c><00:34:05.039><c> lessening</c><00:34:05.740><c> or</c><00:34:06.140><c> losing</c><00:34:06.519><c> steam,</c>

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:12.519
in<00:34:08.079><c> spite</c><00:34:08.239><c> of</c><00:34:08.420><c> the</c><00:34:08.559><c> fact</c><00:34:09.079><c> that</c><00:34:09.780><c> the</c><00:34:09.960><c> day</c><00:34:10.179><c> of</c><00:34:10.440><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:11.119><c> draws</c><00:34:11.539><c> near.</c>

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:16.239
We<00:34:13.940><c> are,</c><00:34:14.199><c> unless</c><00:34:14.440><c> we</c><00:34:14.559><c> are</c><00:34:14.739><c> very</c><00:34:15.139><c> careful,</c>

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:19.119
creating<00:34:16.960><c> stumbling</c><00:34:17.380><c> blocks</c><00:34:17.739><c> within</c><00:34:17.960><c> our</c><00:34:18.239><c> lives.</c>

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:23.199
We<00:34:20.860><c> too</c><00:34:21.059><c> have</c><00:34:21.260><c> at</c><00:34:21.380><c> times</c><00:34:21.639><c> set</c><00:34:21.840><c> up</c><00:34:22.039><c> desires</c><00:34:22.420><c> in</c><00:34:22.639><c> our</c><00:34:22.820><c> hearts,</c>

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:26.000
all<00:34:23.800><c> of</c><00:34:23.940><c> us,</c><00:34:24.519><c> one</c><00:34:24.739><c> time</c><00:34:24.980><c> or</c><00:34:25.199><c> another.</c>

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:29.980
So<00:34:26.960><c> it's</c><00:34:27.219><c> for</c><00:34:27.360><c> each</c><00:34:27.639><c> of</c><00:34:27.840><c> us</c><00:34:28.099><c> to</c><00:34:28.599><c> examine</c><00:34:29.099><c> ourselves</c><00:34:29.639><c> now</c>

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:32.699
during<00:34:30.260><c> this</c><00:34:30.619><c> study,</c><00:34:31.760><c> to</c><00:34:32.079><c> really</c><00:34:32.340><c> examine</c>

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:35.460
what<00:34:33.019><c> is</c><00:34:33.760><c> our</c><00:34:34.079><c> greatest</c><00:34:34.360><c> desires?</c>

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:40.659
In<00:34:36.639><c> what</c><00:34:36.980><c> are</c><00:34:37.300><c> we</c><00:34:37.619><c> investing</c><00:34:38.119><c> our</c><00:34:38.920><c> time</c><00:34:39.559><c> to</c><00:34:39.880><c> attain?</c>

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:43.699
Because<00:34:42.000><c> we</c><00:34:42.119><c> don't</c><00:34:42.300><c> want</c><00:34:42.400><c> any</c><00:34:43.099><c> desire,</c>

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:48.199
regardless<00:34:44.619><c> of</c><00:34:44.800><c> how</c><00:34:45.099><c> desirable</c><00:34:45.480><c> it</c><00:34:45.800><c> is</c><00:34:46.239><c> to</c><00:34:46.519><c> the</c><00:34:46.760><c> natural</c><00:34:47.119><c> eye,</c>

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:52.519
blind<00:34:48.780><c> us</c><00:34:49.400><c> to</c><00:34:49.920><c> the</c><00:34:50.340><c> certainty</c><00:34:50.900><c> of</c><00:34:51.380><c> eternal</c><00:34:51.800><c> life</c>

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:56.380
to<00:34:53.099><c> those</c><00:34:53.460><c> who</c><00:34:53.760><c> seek</c><00:34:53.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:54.639><c> with</c><00:34:54.980><c> their</c><00:34:55.219><c> whole</c><00:34:55.480><c> heart.</c>

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:58.420
Now<00:34:57.119><c> look</c><00:34:57.340><c> at</c><00:34:57.480><c> the</c><00:34:57.619><c> description</c>

00:34:58.420 --> 00:35:01.300
of<00:34:58.940><c> those</c><00:34:59.239><c> that</c><00:34:59.400><c> are</c><00:34:59.559><c> cut</c><00:34:59.739><c> off</c><00:34:59.960><c> in</c><00:35:00.099><c> verse</c><00:35:00.440><c> six.</c>

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:05.139
Them<00:35:02.519><c> that</c><00:35:02.719><c> are</c><00:35:02.960><c> turned</c><00:35:03.179><c> back</c><00:35:03.840><c> from</c><00:35:04.119><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:09.480
those<00:35:05.460><c> that</c><00:35:05.699><c> have</c><00:35:05.920><c> not</c><00:35:06.239><c> sought</c><00:35:06.559><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:07.059><c> nor</c><00:35:07.440><c> inquired</c><00:35:08.119><c> of</c><00:35:08.400><c> him.</c>

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:13.139
So<00:35:10.559><c> in</c><00:35:10.639><c> this</c><00:35:10.780><c> verse</c><00:35:10.940><c> we</c><00:35:11.079><c> have</c><00:35:11.199><c> those</c><00:35:11.460><c> who</c><00:35:12.079><c> turned</c><00:35:12.320><c> away</c>

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:15.059
from<00:35:13.760><c> following</c><00:35:14.039><c> God.</c>

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:18.619
There<00:35:16.480><c> are</c><00:35:16.599><c> also</c><00:35:16.780><c> those</c><00:35:17.000><c> who</c><00:35:17.239><c> showed</c><00:35:17.400><c> complete</c><00:35:18.000><c> religious</c>

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:20.300
indifference,<00:35:19.159><c> if</c><00:35:19.300><c> you</c><00:35:19.480><c> will.</c>

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:22.800
You<00:35:21.400><c> know,</c><00:35:21.460><c> we</c><00:35:21.559><c> have</c><00:35:21.659><c> those</c><00:35:21.900><c> that</c><00:35:22.079><c> are</c><00:35:22.260><c> apathetic</c>

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:26.260
and<00:35:23.320><c> those</c><00:35:23.519><c> that</c><00:35:23.820><c> neglected</c><00:35:24.360><c> to</c><00:35:24.780><c> study</c><00:35:25.000><c> his</c><00:35:25.300><c> word.</c>

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:27.900
And<00:35:26.380><c> they</c><00:35:26.519><c> no</c><00:35:26.719><c> longer</c><00:35:27.039><c> sought</c><00:35:27.280><c> after</c><00:35:27.739><c> him</c>

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:29.940
nor<00:35:28.159><c> inquired</c><00:35:28.579><c> of</c><00:35:28.739><c> him</c><00:35:28.900><c> in</c><00:35:29.099><c> prayer.</c>

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:33.920
So<00:35:31.380><c> you</c><00:35:31.659><c> have</c><00:35:31.940><c> apostates,</c><00:35:32.659><c> those</c><00:35:32.920><c> that</c><00:35:33.099><c> had</c><00:35:33.320><c> turned</c><00:35:33.539><c> away</c>

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.639
and<00:35:34.139><c> fallen</c><00:35:34.380><c> away.</c>

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:36.460
You<00:35:34.800><c> have</c><00:35:34.980><c> those</c><00:35:35.260><c> that</c><00:35:35.400><c> are</c><00:35:35.559><c> indifferent</c>

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:38.179
and<00:35:36.599><c> those</c><00:35:36.920><c> that</c><00:35:37.099><c> are</c><00:35:37.260><c> neglectful,</c>

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:40.760
all<00:35:38.820><c> being</c><00:35:39.139><c> condemned</c><00:35:39.639><c> together.</c>

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:44.219
It's<00:35:43.619><c> a</c><00:35:43.760><c> tough</c><00:35:43.900><c> group.</c>

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:47.019
You<00:35:44.420><c> know,</c><00:35:44.579><c> if</c><00:35:44.940><c> you</c><00:35:45.059><c> look</c><00:35:45.260><c> at</c><00:35:45.539><c> all</c><00:35:46.119><c> that</c><00:35:46.420><c> are</c><00:35:46.559><c> described</c>

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:50.960
in<00:35:47.239><c> these</c><00:35:47.460><c> verses,</c><00:35:49.340><c> it</c><00:35:49.500><c> was</c><00:35:50.059><c> a</c><00:35:50.539><c> tough</c><00:35:50.699><c> group</c>

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:53.119
and<00:35:51.239><c> a</c><00:35:51.559><c> challenging</c><00:35:52.059><c> set</c><00:35:52.320><c> of</c><00:35:52.599><c> circumstances</c>

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:54.400
that<00:35:53.559><c> faced</c><00:35:53.840><c> that</c><00:35:54.079><c> nation.</c>

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:58.380
You<00:35:54.820><c> have</c><00:35:55.000><c> idols</c><00:35:55.420><c> of</c><00:35:55.719><c> Baal</c><00:35:56.079><c> being</c><00:35:56.420><c> present</c><00:35:56.800><c> in</c><00:35:57.000><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:57.440><c> Judah.</c>

00:35:58.619 --> 00:36:00.139
You<00:35:58.639><c> have</c><00:35:59.139><c> idolatrous</c><00:35:59.800><c> priests.</c>

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:02.800
You<00:36:00.380><c> know,</c><00:36:00.480><c> the</c><00:36:00.599><c> Kemerins,</c><00:36:01.059><c> these</c><00:36:01.260><c> black</c><00:36:01.579><c> robe</c><00:36:01.840><c> priests.</c>

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:04.820
You<00:36:02.900><c> had</c><00:36:03.059><c> corrupt</c><00:36:03.420><c> Levitical</c><00:36:03.860><c> priests.</c>

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:07.239
You<00:36:05.099><c> had</c><00:36:05.300><c> worshipers</c><00:36:05.860><c> of</c><00:36:06.179><c> stars.</c>

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:08.900
You<00:36:07.380><c> had</c><00:36:07.480><c> those</c><00:36:07.739><c> with</c><00:36:07.940><c> the</c><00:36:08.119><c> divided</c><00:36:08.400><c> allegiance</c>

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:10.500
serving<00:36:09.320><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:09.820><c> on</c><00:36:10.039><c> one</c><00:36:10.300><c> hand</c>

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:12.559
and<00:36:10.739><c> serving</c><00:36:11.019><c> Moloch</c><00:36:11.460><c> on</c><00:36:11.639><c> the</c><00:36:11.880><c> other.</c>

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:15.780
We<00:36:13.219><c> had</c><00:36:13.300><c> those</c><00:36:13.539><c> who</c><00:36:13.800><c> turned</c><00:36:14.059><c> back</c><00:36:14.860><c> from</c><00:36:15.159><c> worshiping.</c>

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:19.099
We<00:36:16.440><c> had</c><00:36:16.599><c> the</c><00:36:16.900><c> apathetic</c><00:36:17.340><c> no</c><00:36:17.539><c> longer</c><00:36:18.159><c> seeking</c><00:36:18.679><c> him</c><00:36:18.960><c> out</c>

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:20.980
or<00:36:19.380><c> offering</c><00:36:19.679><c> him</c><00:36:19.920><c> prayers.</c>

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:28.579
Given<00:36:24.139><c> that</c><00:36:24.420><c> lead</c><00:36:24.619><c> in,</c><00:36:24.780><c> then</c><00:36:24.920><c> you</c><00:36:24.960><c> get</c><00:36:25.199><c> to</c><00:36:25.320><c> verses</c><00:36:25.579><c> seven</c><00:36:26.539><c> to</c><00:36:27.420><c> 13.</c>

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:30.360
And<00:36:29.019><c> it's</c><00:36:29.159><c> really</c><00:36:29.480><c> here</c><00:36:29.699><c> in</c><00:36:29.860><c> these</c><00:36:30.079><c> verses</c>

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:32.260
that<00:36:30.500><c> we're</c><00:36:30.679><c> kind</c><00:36:30.820><c> of</c><00:36:30.960><c> introduced</c><00:36:31.300><c> to</c><00:36:31.480><c> the</c><00:36:31.659><c> overall</c><00:36:31.960><c> theme</c>

00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:35.480
of<00:36:32.460><c> the</c><00:36:32.679><c> prophecy,</c><00:36:33.480><c> the</c><00:36:33.760><c> coming</c><00:36:34.019><c> day</c><00:36:34.280><c> of</c><00:36:34.539><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:38.739
It's<00:36:37.039><c> in</c><00:36:37.199><c> these</c><00:36:37.400><c> verses</c><00:36:37.739><c> that</c><00:36:38.219><c> the</c><00:36:38.480><c> terms</c>

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:41.619
of<00:36:39.000><c> Yahweh's</c><00:36:39.440><c> sacrifice</c><00:36:40.260><c> are</c><00:36:40.780><c> given.</c>

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.920
And<00:36:43.559><c> the</c><00:36:43.679><c> section</c><00:36:43.880><c> starts</c><00:36:44.119><c> out</c><00:36:44.280><c> with</c><00:36:44.460><c> the</c><00:36:44.599><c> phrase,</c>

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:47.900
hold<00:36:45.639><c> thy</c><00:36:46.039><c> peace.</c>

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:50.960
Rotherham<00:36:49.159><c> renders</c><00:36:49.679><c> it,</c><00:36:50.340><c> hush,</c>

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:53.920
you<00:36:51.599><c> know,</c><00:36:51.880><c> it's</c><00:36:52.000><c> a</c><00:36:52.199><c> very</c><00:36:52.760><c> fitting</c><00:36:53.300><c> way</c>

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:55.039
to<00:36:54.079><c> kind</c><00:36:54.239><c> of</c><00:36:54.420><c> start</c><00:36:54.559><c> this</c><00:36:54.840><c> section</c>

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:56.539
because<00:36:55.280><c> in</c><00:36:55.519><c> the</c><00:36:55.579><c> preceding</c><00:36:56.039><c> verses,</c>

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:58.940
the<00:36:57.119><c> guilt</c><00:36:57.320><c> of</c><00:36:57.480><c> the</c><00:36:57.639><c> people</c><00:36:57.800><c> has</c><00:36:57.980><c> been</c><00:36:58.159><c> clearly</c><00:36:58.420><c> laid</c><00:36:58.659><c> out</c>

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.800
in<00:36:59.119><c> front</c><00:36:59.199><c> of</c><00:36:59.420><c> everybody.</c>

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:03.679
And<00:37:00.500><c> now</c><00:37:00.760><c> there's</c><00:37:01.000><c> no</c><00:37:01.239><c> opportunity</c><00:37:01.920><c> for</c><00:37:02.460><c> excuses.</c>

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:06.719
Hold<00:37:04.739><c> thy</c><00:37:05.000><c> peace,</c><00:37:05.420><c> be</c><00:37:05.719><c> quiet.</c>

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.619
No<00:37:07.619><c> more</c><00:37:07.820><c> talk.</c>

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:10.300
It's<00:37:09.079><c> time</c><00:37:09.239><c> to</c><00:37:09.440><c> do.</c>

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:14.800
Every<00:37:13.300><c> mouth</c><00:37:13.619><c> is</c><00:37:13.980><c> stopped</c><00:37:14.179><c> from</c><00:37:14.480><c> protest.</c>

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:17.960
The<00:37:15.019><c> people</c><00:37:15.219><c> of</c><00:37:15.360><c> Israel</c><00:37:15.820><c> had</c><00:37:16.219><c> despised</c><00:37:16.699><c> the</c><00:37:16.960><c> messengers</c><00:37:17.320><c> of</c><00:37:17.599><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:20.780
They<00:37:18.239><c> had</c><00:37:18.559><c> mocked</c><00:37:18.840><c> his</c><00:37:19.019><c> word</c><00:37:19.179><c> until</c><00:37:19.380><c> there</c><00:37:19.519><c> was</c><00:37:19.719><c> no</c><00:37:19.920><c> remedy.</c>

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:24.699
Now<00:37:21.659><c> he</c><00:37:21.820><c> was</c><00:37:22.000><c> about</c><00:37:22.260><c> to</c><00:37:22.440><c> vindicate</c><00:37:22.840><c> his</c><00:37:23.099><c> name</c><00:37:23.239><c> on</c><00:37:23.480><c> a</c><00:37:23.699><c> grand</c><00:37:24.079><c> scale</c>

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:27.980
by<00:37:25.239><c> the</c><00:37:25.480><c> outpouring</c><00:37:25.880><c> of</c><00:37:26.139><c> judgment</c><00:37:26.420><c> that</c><00:37:26.659><c> would</c><00:37:26.860><c> lead</c><00:37:27.059><c> no</c><00:37:27.420><c> doubt</c>

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:30.519
as<00:37:28.539><c> to</c><00:37:28.699><c> the</c><00:37:28.880><c> enormity</c><00:37:29.340><c> of</c><00:37:29.519><c> the</c><00:37:29.699><c> crime.</c>

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:34.320
This<00:37:31.800><c> is</c><00:37:32.219><c> the</c><00:37:32.320><c> coming</c><00:37:32.579><c> day</c><00:37:33.119><c> of</c><00:37:34.079><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:37.300
the<00:37:34.559><c> coming</c><00:37:34.940><c> or</c><00:37:36.340><c> the</c><00:37:36.559><c> day</c><00:37:36.699><c> of</c><00:37:36.960><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:40.579
And<00:37:37.719><c> there's</c><00:37:38.000><c> 21</c><00:37:38.480><c> references</c><00:37:39.239><c> to</c><00:37:39.840><c> this</c><00:37:40.139><c> day</c>

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.920
in<00:37:41.000><c> these</c><00:37:41.239><c> three</c><00:37:41.400><c> chapters.</c>

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:44.360
21<00:37:42.679><c> occurrences</c><00:37:43.159><c> where</c><00:37:43.320><c> this</c><00:37:43.599><c> day</c><00:37:43.699><c> is</c><00:37:43.900><c> described.</c>

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:47.500
18<00:37:45.360><c> of</c><00:37:45.619><c> them</c><00:37:46.139><c> are</c><00:37:46.519><c> in</c><00:37:46.619><c> this</c><00:37:46.860><c> first</c><00:37:47.079><c> section</c>

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.820
beginning<00:37:47.780><c> in</c><00:37:48.000><c> chapter</c><00:37:48.179><c> one,</c><00:37:48.579><c> verse</c><00:37:48.639><c> one,</c>

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:51.820
going<00:37:49.019><c> to</c><00:37:49.219><c> verse</c><00:37:49.579><c> three</c><00:37:50.219><c> or</c><00:37:50.480><c> chapter</c><00:37:50.719><c> two.</c>

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:55.699
Now<00:37:52.840><c> we</c><00:37:53.000><c> recognize</c><00:37:53.599><c> in</c><00:37:53.760><c> the</c><00:37:53.940><c> phrase,</c><00:37:54.340><c> the</c><00:37:54.460><c> coming</c><00:37:54.619><c> day</c><00:37:54.800><c> of</c><00:37:55.019><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:58.900
that<00:37:55.960><c> a</c><00:37:56.139><c> day</c><00:37:56.380><c> of</c><00:37:56.639><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:57.260><c> is</c><00:37:57.940><c> a</c><00:37:58.159><c> period</c><00:37:58.380><c> of</c><00:37:58.599><c> time</c>

00:37:58.900 --> 00:38:01.980
when<00:37:59.619><c> he</c><00:38:00.079><c> is</c><00:38:00.320><c> vindicated</c><00:38:00.820><c> in</c><00:38:01.079><c> judgment.</c>

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:04.659
However,<00:38:03.519><c> what</c><00:38:03.619><c> we</c><00:38:03.800><c> also</c><00:38:03.980><c> have</c><00:38:04.059><c> to</c><00:38:04.239><c> remember,</c><00:38:04.500><c> mind,</c>

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:07.599
it's<00:38:04.940><c> a</c><00:38:05.000><c> term</c><00:38:05.179><c> that</c><00:38:05.320><c> does</c><00:38:05.579><c> not</c><00:38:05.840><c> relate</c><00:38:06.300><c> exclusively</c>

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:09.559
to<00:38:07.920><c> the</c><00:38:08.159><c> future</c><00:38:08.400><c> from</c><00:38:08.659><c> our</c><00:38:08.840><c> day.</c>

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:13.480
You<00:38:10.179><c> know,</c><00:38:10.179><c> there've</c><00:38:10.320><c> been</c><00:38:10.800><c> several</c><00:38:11.300><c> days</c><00:38:11.639><c> of</c><00:38:11.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:12.380><c> in</c><00:38:12.880><c> the</c><00:38:13.079><c> past,</c>

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:17.019
like<00:38:14.079><c> the</c><00:38:14.280><c> destruction</c><00:38:14.559><c> of</c><00:38:14.800><c> Babylon,</c><00:38:15.739><c> for</c><00:38:16.079><c> example,</c>

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:19.059
was<00:38:17.219><c> a</c><00:38:17.380><c> day</c><00:38:17.519><c> that</c><00:38:17.639><c> was</c><00:38:17.940><c> described</c><00:38:18.360><c> by</c><00:38:18.639><c> Isaiah</c>

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:20.840
as<00:38:19.639><c> a</c><00:38:19.860><c> coming</c><00:38:20.059><c> day</c><00:38:20.239><c> of</c><00:38:20.559><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:24.480
and<00:38:21.340><c> it</c><00:38:21.659><c> came</c><00:38:21.980><c> to</c><00:38:22.260><c> fruition</c><00:38:22.739><c> in</c><00:38:23.320><c> their</c><00:38:23.559><c> destruction.</c>

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:28.460
This<00:38:27.460><c> verse</c><00:38:27.679><c> also</c><00:38:28.000><c> indicates</c>

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:31.039
that<00:38:28.840><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:29.139><c> had</c><00:38:29.460><c> prepared</c><00:38:29.679><c> a</c><00:38:29.840><c> sacrifice,</c>

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:34.519
and<00:38:31.460><c> the</c><00:38:31.800><c> sacrifice</c><00:38:32.239><c> that</c><00:38:32.420><c> he</c><00:38:32.579><c> prepared</c><00:38:32.980><c> was</c><00:38:33.260><c> the</c><00:38:33.460><c> nation.</c>

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:39.639
But<00:38:36.099><c> keep</c><00:38:36.260><c> in</c><00:38:36.519><c> mind</c><00:38:37.199><c> that</c><00:38:37.659><c> the</c><00:38:37.860><c> focus</c><00:38:38.420><c> or</c><00:38:38.900><c> the</c><00:38:39.119><c> purpose</c>

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:43.739
of<00:38:40.340><c> any</c><00:38:40.659><c> sacrifice</c><00:38:41.719><c> associated</c><00:38:43.179><c> with</c><00:38:43.420><c> God</c>

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:46.039
was<00:38:43.960><c> to</c><00:38:44.280><c> provide</c><00:38:44.760><c> a</c><00:38:45.199><c> way</c><00:38:45.340><c> of</c><00:38:45.599><c> life.</c>

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:48.360
Not<00:38:46.719><c> just</c><00:38:47.039><c> a</c><00:38:47.199><c> way</c><00:38:47.360><c> of</c><00:38:47.519><c> death.</c>

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:52.699
God's<00:38:49.079><c> judgments</c><00:38:49.400><c> are</c><00:38:50.000><c> always</c><00:38:50.320><c> designed</c><00:38:50.920><c> to</c><00:38:51.579><c> reclaim,</c>

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:54.420
not<00:38:52.940><c> to</c><00:38:53.139><c> bring</c><00:38:53.239><c> to</c><00:38:53.460><c> an</c><00:38:53.639><c> end.</c>

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:56.079
He's<00:38:54.900><c> about</c><00:38:55.079><c> to</c><00:38:55.199><c> put</c><00:38:55.280><c> the</c><00:38:55.460><c> nation</c><00:38:55.679><c> to</c><00:38:55.940><c> death</c>

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:57.900
as<00:38:56.280><c> a</c><00:38:56.420><c> punishment</c><00:38:56.719><c> for</c><00:38:57.059><c> sin.</c>

00:38:58.239 --> 00:39:01.739
However,<00:38:59.219><c> he</c><00:38:59.380><c> was</c><00:38:59.559><c> also</c><00:38:59.780><c> prepared</c><00:39:00.099><c> to</c><00:39:00.400><c> extend</c><00:39:00.579><c> mercy</c><00:39:00.940><c> and</c><00:39:01.119><c> salvation</c>

00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:04.880
to<00:39:02.199><c> those</c><00:39:02.500><c> who</c><00:39:02.800><c> acknowledged</c><00:39:03.460><c> his</c><00:39:03.800><c> right</c><00:39:04.000><c> to</c><00:39:04.219><c> do</c><00:39:04.420><c> so</c>

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:08.699
and<00:39:05.500><c> accepted</c><00:39:05.860><c> in</c><00:39:06.199><c> accordance</c><00:39:06.659><c> with</c><00:39:07.559><c> that</c><00:39:07.739><c> knowledge.</c>

00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:10.380
The<00:39:08.920><c> judgment</c><00:39:09.079><c> was</c><00:39:09.260><c> to</c><00:39:09.420><c> be</c><00:39:09.679><c> poured</c><00:39:09.820><c> out</c>

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:13.639
and<00:39:10.699><c> to</c><00:39:10.980><c> cause</c><00:39:11.340><c> them</c><00:39:12.039><c> self</c><00:39:12.420><c>-examination.</c>

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:17.159
Well,<00:39:15.360><c> isn't</c><00:39:15.619><c> it</c><00:39:15.760><c> true,</c><00:39:16.000><c> brothers</c><00:39:16.059><c> and</c><00:39:16.239><c> sisters?</c>

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:22.219
If<00:39:18.119><c> God</c><00:39:18.539><c> did</c><00:39:18.880><c> not</c><00:39:19.260><c> intervene</c><00:39:20.059><c> in</c><00:39:20.880><c> times</c><00:39:21.260><c> of</c><00:39:21.579><c> evil</c>

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:26.619
with<00:39:22.820><c> such</c><00:39:23.099><c> judgments,</c><00:39:24.920><c> then</c><00:39:25.119><c> sin</c><00:39:25.239><c> would</c><00:39:25.599><c> completely</c><00:39:26.039><c> triumph,</c>

00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:28.619
and<00:39:27.280><c> there</c><00:39:27.559><c> would</c><00:39:27.840><c> be</c><00:39:28.059><c> no</c><00:39:28.340><c> restraining</c>

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:31.579
of<00:39:29.639><c> the</c><00:39:29.800><c> wickedness</c><00:39:30.199><c> that</c><00:39:30.380><c> would</c><00:39:30.400><c> be</c><00:39:30.500><c> in</c><00:39:30.599><c> the</c><00:39:30.780><c> soul.</c>

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:34.760
We<00:39:33.400><c> also</c><00:39:33.659><c> see</c><00:39:33.820><c> at</c><00:39:33.940><c> the</c><00:39:34.019><c> end</c><00:39:34.179><c> of</c><00:39:34.280><c> this</c><00:39:34.480><c> verse</c>

00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:39.659
how<00:39:35.840><c> it</c><00:39:36.019><c> says</c><00:39:36.239><c> that</c><00:39:36.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:36.840><c> also</c><00:39:37.559><c> bid</c><00:39:38.000><c> his</c><00:39:38.599><c> guests,</c>

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:43.119
and<00:39:39.840><c> it's</c><00:39:40.000><c> a</c><00:39:40.119><c> word</c><00:39:40.280><c> that</c><00:39:40.519><c> means</c><00:39:41.239><c> sanctify</c><00:39:42.260><c> or</c><00:39:42.880><c> prepare.</c>

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:48.039
Well,<00:39:45.159><c> who</c><00:39:45.300><c> are</c><00:39:45.480><c> those</c><00:39:45.719><c> guests</c><00:39:46.079><c> that</c><00:39:46.280><c> are</c><00:39:46.460><c> bidden</c><00:39:46.679><c> to</c><00:39:46.960><c> this</c><00:39:47.239><c> feast,</c>

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:49.440
to<00:39:48.199><c> this</c><00:39:48.360><c> sacrifice?</c>

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:51.280
Well,<00:39:49.900><c> those</c><00:39:50.079><c> guests</c><00:39:50.360><c> that</c><00:39:50.539><c> are</c><00:39:50.739><c> set</c><00:39:50.880><c> apart</c>

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:54.360
or<00:39:51.559><c> appointed</c><00:39:51.860><c> for</c><00:39:52.059><c> the</c><00:39:52.239><c> work</c><00:39:52.400><c> at</c><00:39:52.639><c> hand</c><00:39:52.840><c> were</c><00:39:53.039><c> the</c><00:39:53.199><c> Babylonians.</c>

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:56.900
They<00:39:54.840><c> were</c><00:39:55.079><c> going</c><00:39:55.219><c> to</c><00:39:55.480><c> act</c><00:39:55.679><c> as</c><00:39:55.940><c> Yahweh's</c><00:39:56.500><c> priests</c>

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:59.320
in<00:39:57.300><c> slaying</c><00:39:58.000><c> the</c><00:39:58.280><c> Israel</c><00:39:58.619><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:03.420
We<00:40:01.940><c> see</c><00:40:02.099><c> in</c><00:40:02.219><c> the</c><00:40:02.300><c> subsequent</c><00:40:02.699><c> verses</c>

00:40:03.900 --> 00:40:06.199
descriptions<00:40:04.300><c> of</c><00:40:04.440><c> those</c><00:40:04.719><c> who</c><00:40:04.860><c> are</c><00:40:05.019><c> included</c><00:40:05.300><c> in</c><00:40:05.500><c> the</c><00:40:05.639><c> indictment.</c>

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:08.539
You<00:40:06.659><c> know,</c><00:40:06.820><c> in</c><00:40:06.920><c> verse</c><00:40:07.099><c> eight,</c><00:40:07.300><c> we</c><00:40:07.400><c> see</c><00:40:07.559><c> how</c><00:40:07.780><c> it's</c><00:40:08.000><c> the</c><00:40:08.179><c> nobles,</c>

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:10.940
the<00:40:08.780><c> princes,</c><00:40:09.920><c> the</c><00:40:10.199><c> children</c><00:40:10.599><c> of</c><00:40:10.780><c> the</c><00:40:10.900><c> king.</c>

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:12.800
You<00:40:11.059><c> know,</c><00:40:11.239><c> the</c><00:40:11.320><c> king</c><00:40:11.599><c> is</c><00:40:11.880><c> excluded.</c>

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:14.480
It's<00:40:13.000><c> a</c><00:40:13.119><c> subtlety,</c><00:40:13.500><c> but</c><00:40:13.639><c> it</c><00:40:13.800><c> is</c><00:40:14.059><c> true,</c>

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:16.880
which<00:40:15.000><c> makes</c><00:40:15.239><c> sense</c><00:40:15.519><c> given</c><00:40:15.739><c> Josiah.</c>

00:40:17.780 --> 00:40:18.960
In<00:40:17.880><c> verse</c><00:40:18.059><c> nine,</c><00:40:18.380><c> we</c><00:40:18.440><c> get</c><00:40:18.579><c> the</c><00:40:18.760><c> sense</c>

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:21.179
that<00:40:19.199><c> the</c><00:40:19.320><c> servants</c><00:40:19.500><c> are</c><00:40:19.820><c> also</c><00:40:20.119><c> caught</c><00:40:20.340><c> up</c><00:40:20.920><c> in</c><00:40:21.039><c> it.</c>

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:23.480
You<00:40:21.260><c> know,</c><00:40:21.380><c> it</c><00:40:21.480><c> says</c><00:40:21.619><c> leaping</c><00:40:22.039><c> over</c><00:40:22.199><c> the</c><00:40:22.380><c> thresholds</c>

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:25.719
in<00:40:23.579><c> order</c><00:40:23.820><c> to</c><00:40:24.139><c> plunder</c><00:40:24.400><c> the</c><00:40:24.659><c> homes</c><00:40:24.880><c> for</c><00:40:25.059><c> their</c><00:40:25.219><c> masters,</c>

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:28.639
you<00:40:25.840><c> know,</c><00:40:26.639><c> utilizing</c><00:40:27.000><c> violence</c><00:40:27.559><c> and</c><00:40:27.860><c> fraud.</c>

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:30.820
It's<00:40:29.480><c> not</c><00:40:29.639><c> a</c><00:40:29.780><c> pretty</c><00:40:29.880><c> picture.</c>

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:33.820
In<00:40:31.679><c> verses</c><00:40:32.019><c> 10</c><00:40:32.579><c> and</c><00:40:32.800><c> 11,</c><00:40:33.219><c> you</c><00:40:33.579><c> see,</c>

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:37.099
you<00:40:34.019><c> almost</c><00:40:34.440><c> really</c><00:40:35.099><c> hear</c><00:40:35.619><c> a</c><00:40:36.159><c> dramatic</c><00:40:36.599><c> description</c>

00:40:37.099 --> 00:40:39.820
of<00:40:37.320><c> the</c><00:40:37.639><c> destruction</c><00:40:38.019><c> that's</c><00:40:38.340><c> coming</c><00:40:38.460><c> upon</c><00:40:38.780><c> the</c><00:40:39.019><c> city.</c>

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:42.440
It's<00:40:40.559><c> almost</c><00:40:40.760><c> as</c><00:40:40.900><c> if</c><00:40:40.940><c> you</c><00:40:41.039><c> can</c><00:40:41.360><c> picture</c><00:40:41.679><c> the</c><00:40:42.079><c> panic</c>

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:44.099
spreading<00:40:42.760><c> through</c><00:40:43.039><c> the</c><00:40:43.199><c> city</c><00:40:43.340><c> as</c><00:40:43.539><c> the</c><00:40:43.780><c> sound</c>

00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:46.980
of<00:40:44.579><c> the</c><00:40:44.800><c> approaching</c><00:40:45.139><c> judgment</c><00:40:45.519><c> of</c><00:40:45.860><c> the</c><00:40:46.139><c> Babylonians</c><00:40:46.480><c> is</c><00:40:46.760><c> heard.</c>

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:48.719
You<00:40:47.380><c> know,</c><00:40:47.519><c> the</c><00:40:47.719><c> fish</c><00:40:47.920><c> gate</c><00:40:48.059><c> that</c><00:40:48.219><c> it</c><00:40:48.440><c> describes</c>

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:50.340
is<00:40:48.940><c> in</c><00:40:49.079><c> the</c><00:40:49.280><c> north</c><00:40:49.480><c> part</c><00:40:49.739><c> of</c><00:40:49.920><c> the</c><00:40:50.079><c> city.</c>

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:52.460
So<00:40:50.880><c> it</c><00:40:51.099><c> starts</c><00:40:51.360><c> in</c><00:40:51.579><c> the</c><00:40:51.739><c> north</c><00:40:51.900><c> and</c><00:40:52.039><c> comes</c><00:40:52.260><c> down</c>

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:54.460
like<00:40:52.739><c> a</c><00:40:52.940><c> wave</c><00:40:53.139><c> through</c><00:40:53.400><c> the</c><00:40:53.599><c> city.</c>

00:40:55.179 --> 00:41:00.400
And<00:40:55.360><c> the</c><00:40:55.480><c> word</c><00:40:55.780><c> second</c><00:40:56.360><c> is</c><00:40:56.719><c> rendered</c><00:40:57.139><c> second</c><00:40:57.940><c> quarter</c><00:40:58.519><c> in</c><00:40:59.039><c> the</c><00:40:59.260><c> RSV.</c>

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:02.340
And<00:41:00.599><c> it</c><00:41:00.840><c> describes</c><00:41:01.039><c> the</c><00:41:01.320><c> second</c><00:41:01.579><c> part</c><00:41:01.820><c> of</c><00:41:01.960><c> the</c><00:41:02.139><c> city.</c>

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:04.920
And<00:41:02.840><c> the</c><00:41:02.960><c> city</c><00:41:03.119><c> of</c><00:41:03.280><c> Jerusalem</c><00:41:03.619><c> is</c><00:41:03.860><c> kind</c><00:41:03.960><c> of</c><00:41:04.119><c> divided</c><00:41:04.480><c> in</c><00:41:04.840><c> two</c>

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:07.659
by<00:41:05.159><c> the</c><00:41:05.320><c> Tirofian</c><00:41:05.800><c> Valley</c><00:41:06.139><c> that</c><00:41:06.440><c> runs</c><00:41:06.760><c> down</c><00:41:07.139><c> through</c><00:41:07.440><c> it.</c>

00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:10.619
And<00:41:08.239><c> the</c><00:41:08.460><c> second</c><00:41:08.840><c> quarter</c><00:41:09.340><c> or</c><00:41:09.679><c> the</c><00:41:09.980><c> lower</c><00:41:10.239><c> section</c>

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:13.679
was<00:41:10.860><c> the</c><00:41:11.019><c> part</c><00:41:11.179><c> to</c><00:41:11.460><c> the</c><00:41:11.659><c> south</c><00:41:12.059><c> of</c><00:41:12.400><c> that</c><00:41:12.679><c> valley.</c>

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:20.559
It<00:41:15.320><c> says</c><00:41:15.440><c> the</c><00:41:15.659><c> inhabitants</c><00:41:16.139><c> of</c><00:41:16.619><c> Mektesh</c><00:41:17.960><c> also</c><00:41:19.320><c> seems</c><00:41:19.880><c> to</c><00:41:20.139><c> imply</c>

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.619
the<00:41:20.840><c> lower</c><00:41:21.019><c> part</c><00:41:21.239><c> of</c><00:41:21.380><c> the</c><00:41:21.500><c> city</c>

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:24.480
because<00:41:21.820><c> it's</c><00:41:22.039><c> a</c><00:41:22.179><c> word</c><00:41:22.300><c> that</c><00:41:22.559><c> means</c><00:41:23.099><c> depression.</c>

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:29.019
Rotherhand<00:41:25.639><c> translates</c><00:41:26.199><c> Mektesh</c><00:41:26.880><c> as</c><00:41:27.579><c> the</c><00:41:27.880><c> lowered</c><00:41:28.119><c> city.</c>

00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:32.639
So<00:41:29.559><c> in</c><00:41:29.679><c> this</c><00:41:29.880><c> verse,</c><00:41:30.280><c> Mektesh</c><00:41:31.420><c> seems</c><00:41:31.639><c> to</c><00:41:31.820><c> be</c><00:41:31.900><c> the</c><00:41:32.159><c> trading</c><00:41:32.380><c> center.</c>

00:41:32.739 --> 00:41:34.820
It<00:41:32.880><c> seems</c><00:41:33.039><c> to</c><00:41:33.199><c> be</c><00:41:33.280><c> the</c><00:41:33.579><c> commercial</c><00:41:33.980><c> center</c><00:41:34.340><c> of</c><00:41:34.519><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:36.460
was<00:41:35.079><c> in</c><00:41:35.219><c> that</c><00:41:35.599><c> second</c><00:41:35.960><c> quarter</c>

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:38.139
in<00:41:36.840><c> the</c><00:41:37.059><c> lower</c><00:41:37.360><c> part</c><00:41:37.679><c> of</c><00:41:37.840><c> the</c><00:41:38.000><c> city.</c>

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:40.539
So<00:41:38.559><c> as</c><00:41:38.920><c> that</c><00:41:39.179><c> destruction</c><00:41:39.699><c> comes</c><00:41:40.059><c> down,</c>

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:43.159
it<00:41:41.119><c> starts</c><00:41:41.340><c> in</c><00:41:41.539><c> the</c><00:41:41.699><c> north</c><00:41:41.860><c> and</c><00:41:42.019><c> comes</c><00:41:42.219><c> down</c><00:41:42.440><c> like</c><00:41:42.760><c> a</c><00:41:42.920><c> wave</c>

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:44.780
and<00:41:43.260><c> goes</c><00:41:43.480><c> all</c><00:41:43.860><c> the</c><00:41:44.039><c> way</c><00:41:44.260><c> and</c><00:41:44.440><c> it's</c><00:41:44.639><c> felt</c>

00:41:44.780 --> 00:41:46.820
from<00:41:45.019><c> one</c><00:41:45.159><c> end</c><00:41:45.320><c> of</c><00:41:45.400><c> the</c><00:41:45.519><c> city</c><00:41:45.679><c> to</c><00:41:45.820><c> the</c><00:41:46.019><c> other.</c>

00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:50.519
Even<00:41:47.559><c> such</c><00:41:47.780><c> that</c><00:41:48.079><c> they</c><00:41:49.599><c> howl.</c>

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:53.059
And<00:41:51.139><c> here</c><00:41:51.260><c> I'm</c><00:41:51.460><c> talking</c><00:41:51.599><c> about</c><00:41:51.760><c> in</c><00:41:51.820><c> verses</c><00:41:52.000><c> 10</c><00:41:52.300><c> and</c><00:41:52.460><c> 11.</c>

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:55.679
All<00:41:54.039><c> right,</c><00:41:54.219><c> I</c><00:41:54.340><c> apologize</c><00:41:54.659><c> for</c><00:41:54.860><c> that.</c>

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:59.719
The<00:41:56.320><c> fish</c><00:41:56.500><c> gate,</c><00:41:57.539><c> the</c><00:41:58.219><c> second</c><00:41:58.480><c> quarter</c><00:41:58.739><c> in</c><00:41:59.000><c> Mektesh.</c>

00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:02.599
And<00:41:59.980><c> you</c><00:42:00.039><c> can</c><00:42:00.340><c> see</c><00:42:00.639><c> the</c><00:42:00.940><c> description</c><00:42:01.320><c> there</c><00:42:01.739><c> of</c><00:42:02.079><c> the</c><00:42:02.300><c> aspect</c>

00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:07.500
of<00:42:02.780><c> the</c><00:42:03.400><c> howling</c><00:42:03.940><c> and</c><00:42:04.619><c> the</c><00:42:05.219><c> wave</c><00:42:05.659><c> of</c><00:42:05.980><c> emotion</c><00:42:06.519><c> and</c><00:42:07.000><c> fear</c>

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:12.219
that<00:42:08.260><c> comes</c><00:42:08.519><c> upon</c><00:42:08.780><c> the</c><00:42:09.059><c> city</c><00:42:09.440><c> as</c><00:42:09.719><c> that</c><00:42:09.940><c> destruction</c><00:42:10.559><c> takes</c><00:42:10.980><c> place.</c>

00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:16.760
In<00:42:14.920><c> verses</c><00:42:15.199><c> to</c><00:42:15.539><c> 12</c><00:42:16.039><c> and</c><00:42:16.219><c> 13,</c>

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:20.000
we<00:42:16.940><c> see</c><00:42:17.079><c> the</c><00:42:17.380><c> apathy</c><00:42:17.679><c> of</c><00:42:17.940><c> those</c><00:42:18.199><c> who</c><00:42:18.420><c> were</c><00:42:19.320><c> sitting</c><00:42:19.539><c> around</c>

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:22.579
and<00:42:20.179><c> giving</c><00:42:20.340><c> no</c><00:42:20.699><c> regard</c><00:42:21.079><c> to</c><00:42:21.239><c> the</c><00:42:21.380><c> things</c><00:42:21.519><c> of</c><00:42:21.800><c> God.</c>

00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:25.760
We<00:42:23.300><c> have</c><00:42:23.440><c> this</c><00:42:23.760><c> description</c><00:42:24.380><c> of</c><00:42:25.440><c> men</c>

00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:27.260
that<00:42:26.019><c> had</c><00:42:26.260><c> settled</c><00:42:26.420><c> on</c><00:42:26.659><c> their</c><00:42:26.940><c> leaves.</c>

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:28.659
And<00:42:27.500><c> when</c><00:42:27.599><c> you</c><00:42:27.679><c> think</c><00:42:27.820><c> of</c><00:42:27.980><c> a</c><00:42:28.300><c> wine,</c>

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:31.440
a<00:42:29.360><c> wine</c><00:42:29.579><c> that</c><00:42:29.739><c> was</c><00:42:29.960><c> allowed</c><00:42:30.139><c> to</c><00:42:30.440><c> settle</c><00:42:30.559><c> on</c><00:42:30.780><c> its</c><00:42:31.039><c> leaves</c>

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:35.400
is<00:42:31.920><c> one</c><00:42:32.139><c> that</c><00:42:32.360><c> had</c><00:42:32.820><c> become</c><00:42:33.360><c> thick</c><00:42:33.800><c> and</c><00:42:34.360><c> syrupy.</c>

00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:38.900
And<00:42:36.039><c> so</c><00:42:36.139><c> to</c><00:42:36.440><c> settle</c><00:42:36.699><c> upon</c><00:42:37.059><c> one's</c><00:42:38.199><c> leaves</c>

00:42:38.900 --> 00:42:43.480
became<00:42:39.780><c> a</c><00:42:40.199><c> proverb</c><00:42:40.639><c> for</c><00:42:41.539><c> sloth</c><00:42:42.179><c> and</c><00:42:42.639><c> indifference</c>

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:45.320
and<00:42:44.000><c> a</c><00:42:44.159><c> muddy</c><00:42:44.340><c> mind.</c>

00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:47.460
It's<00:42:46.280><c> those</c><00:42:46.519><c> things</c><00:42:46.880><c> that</c><00:42:47.119><c> says</c><00:42:47.280><c> here</c>

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:49.619
that<00:42:47.579><c> God's</c><00:42:47.920><c> going</c><00:42:48.039><c> to</c><00:42:48.239><c> search</c><00:42:48.420><c> out</c><00:42:48.619><c> and</c><00:42:48.780><c> destroy.</c>

00:42:51.380 --> 00:42:53.800
Whatever<00:42:51.840><c> external</c><00:42:52.639><c> appearance</c><00:42:53.139><c> of</c><00:42:53.420><c> righteousness</c>

00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:55.480
they<00:42:54.099><c> may</c><00:42:54.239><c> have</c><00:42:54.440><c> demonstrated,</c>

00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:59.559
in<00:42:56.019><c> their</c><00:42:56.340><c> hearts,</c><00:42:56.900><c> they</c><00:42:57.099><c> gave</c><00:42:57.239><c> no</c><00:42:57.619><c> real</c><00:42:58.059><c> thought</c><00:42:58.579><c> to</c><00:42:59.179><c> God.</c>

00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:03.440
They<00:43:00.019><c> were</c><00:43:01.159><c> like</c><00:43:01.300><c> those</c><00:43:01.619><c> of</c><00:43:01.800><c> the</c><00:43:01.960><c> Laodicea</c><00:43:02.880><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:05.019
They<00:43:03.559><c> were</c><00:43:03.820><c> lukewarm.</c>

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:08.159
And<00:43:05.739><c> we</c><00:43:05.840><c> know</c><00:43:06.119><c> our</c><00:43:06.360><c> Lord's</c><00:43:06.800><c> attitude</c><00:43:07.079><c> towards</c><00:43:07.360><c> those,</c><00:43:07.679><c> don't</c><00:43:07.920><c> we?</c>

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:11.719
I<00:43:08.579><c> will</c><00:43:08.820><c> skew</c><00:43:09.119><c> thee</c><00:43:09.300><c> out</c><00:43:09.579><c> of</c><00:43:09.679><c> my</c><00:43:09.940><c> mouth,</c><00:43:10.360><c> it</c><00:43:10.460><c> says</c><00:43:10.639><c> in</c><00:43:10.780><c> Revelation.</c>

00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:15.420
When<00:43:14.119><c> we</c><00:43:14.219><c> get</c><00:43:14.300><c> to</c><00:43:14.420><c> verses</c><00:43:14.619><c> 14</c><00:43:15.059><c> to</c><00:43:15.099><c> 18,</c>

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:19.000
we<00:43:15.619><c> get</c><00:43:15.880><c> a</c><00:43:16.380><c> further</c><00:43:16.699><c> warning</c><00:43:17.099><c> of</c><00:43:17.380><c> the</c><00:43:17.800><c> imminence</c><00:43:18.260><c> of</c><00:43:18.460><c> the</c><00:43:18.639><c> judgment</c>

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:22.760
together<00:43:20.039><c> with</c><00:43:20.300><c> a</c><00:43:20.440><c> further</c><00:43:20.619><c> description</c><00:43:21.139><c> of</c><00:43:21.300><c> its</c><00:43:21.519><c> terrible</c><00:43:21.780><c> nature.</c>

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:24.900
You<00:43:23.400><c> know</c><00:43:23.539><c> that</c><00:43:23.980><c> the</c><00:43:24.159><c> day</c><00:43:24.380><c> of</c><00:43:24.619><c> Yahweh</c>

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:28.340
would<00:43:25.059><c> be</c><00:43:25.280><c> a</c><00:43:25.539><c> gloomy</c><00:43:25.880><c> day</c><00:43:26.179><c> of</c><00:43:26.480><c> trouble</c><00:43:27.000><c> for</c><00:43:27.360><c> Israel.</c>

00:43:28.619 --> 00:43:32.000
Terror<00:43:29.260><c> was</c><00:43:29.519><c> going</c><00:43:29.739><c> to</c><00:43:30.039><c> sweep</c><00:43:30.219><c> down</c><00:43:30.480><c> through</c><00:43:30.719><c> that</c><00:43:30.980><c> city</c>

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:34.360
as<00:43:32.280><c> the</c><00:43:32.559><c> frightening</c><00:43:32.880><c> sound</c><00:43:33.260><c> of</c><00:43:33.420><c> the</c><00:43:33.579><c> trumpet's</c><00:43:34.039><c> alarm</c>

00:43:34.360 --> 00:43:36.940
would<00:43:34.559><c> be</c><00:43:34.780><c> heard</c><00:43:35.119><c> and</c><00:43:35.699><c> destruction</c><00:43:36.139><c> would</c><00:43:36.360><c> be</c><00:43:36.699><c> seen</c>

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:39.780
within<00:43:37.199><c> the</c><00:43:37.420><c> gates</c><00:43:37.900><c> on</c><00:43:38.300><c> all</c><00:43:38.559><c> sides.</c>

00:43:41.380 --> 00:43:46.119
Now<00:43:41.519><c> Zephaniah</c><00:43:42.320><c> introduces</c><00:43:43.579><c> a</c><00:43:44.300><c> note</c><00:43:44.539><c> of</c><00:43:45.059><c> utmost</c><00:43:45.380><c> urgency</c>

00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:47.559
to<00:43:46.320><c> his</c><00:43:46.480><c> message.</c>

00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:52.019
An<00:43:48.179><c> urgency</c><00:43:48.699><c> that</c><00:43:49.179><c> should</c><00:43:49.460><c> be</c><00:43:49.719><c> imitated</c><00:43:50.280><c> by</c><00:43:51.179><c> us</c><00:43:51.619><c> today,</c>

00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:53.480
brethren<00:43:52.300><c> and</c><00:43:52.539><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:54.139 --> 00:43:59.619
Israel's<00:43:54.719><c> day</c><00:43:54.840><c> of</c><00:43:55.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:55.739><c> is</c><00:43:56.840><c> a</c><00:43:57.159><c> type</c><00:43:57.639><c> of</c><00:43:58.699><c> the</c><00:43:58.960><c> day</c><00:43:59.119><c> of</c><00:43:59.340><c> Yahweh</c>

00:43:59.619 --> 00:44:01.360
that<00:43:59.820><c> now</c><00:44:00.159><c> awaits</c><00:44:00.360><c> the</c><00:44:00.599><c> Gentiles</c>

00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:04.059
with<00:44:01.900><c> the</c><00:44:02.019><c> return</c><00:44:02.239><c> of</c><00:44:02.360><c> the</c><00:44:02.420><c> Lord</c><00:44:02.579><c> Jesus</c><00:44:02.920><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:07.860
And<00:44:05.679><c> the</c><00:44:05.900><c> greatest</c><00:44:06.159><c> service</c><00:44:06.619><c> that</c><00:44:07.039><c> we</c><00:44:07.239><c> can</c><00:44:07.500><c> render</c>

00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:11.760
to<00:44:08.079><c> those</c><00:44:08.360><c> around</c><00:44:08.739><c> us</c><00:44:08.980><c> is</c><00:44:09.699><c> to</c><00:44:09.980><c> impress</c><00:44:10.280><c> them</c><00:44:10.480><c> on</c><00:44:10.619><c> that</c><00:44:10.900><c> fact.</c>

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:16.860
A<00:44:12.679><c> time</c><00:44:12.920><c> of</c><00:44:13.199><c> unprecedented</c><00:44:14.599><c> trouble</c><00:44:15.059><c> awaits</c><00:44:15.460><c> the</c><00:44:15.760><c> world</c><00:44:15.940><c> about</c><00:44:16.239><c> us.</c>

00:44:17.340 --> 00:44:21.300
And<00:44:17.539><c> as</c><00:44:17.800><c> we</c><00:44:18.599><c> possess</c><00:44:19.159><c> both</c><00:44:19.739><c> the</c><00:44:20.159><c> knowledge</c>

00:44:21.670 --> 00:44:26.679
and<00:44:21.980><c> the</c><00:44:22.260><c> key</c><00:44:22.659><c> to</c><00:44:22.880><c> salvation,</c><00:44:24.760><c> our</c><00:44:24.880><c> voices</c><00:44:25.219><c> need</c><00:44:25.460><c> to</c><00:44:25.579><c> be</c><00:44:25.780><c> raised.</c>

00:44:27.179 --> 00:44:30.360
We<00:44:27.400><c> need</c><00:44:27.619><c> to</c><00:44:27.739><c> get</c><00:44:27.880><c> the</c><00:44:28.139><c> attention</c><00:44:28.599><c> and</c><00:44:29.159><c> to</c><00:44:29.659><c> startle</c><00:44:29.980><c> those</c>

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:33.679
who<00:44:30.599><c> are</c><00:44:31.159><c> drifting</c><00:44:31.500><c> on</c><00:44:31.760><c> their</c><00:44:31.960><c> merry</c><00:44:32.179><c> way</c><00:44:32.420><c> to</c><00:44:32.719><c> destruction.</c>

00:44:34.539 --> 00:44:37.780
And<00:44:34.719><c> it's</c><00:44:34.860><c> not</c><00:44:35.039><c> just</c><00:44:35.239><c> a</c><00:44:35.360><c> message</c><00:44:35.579><c> for</c><00:44:35.780><c> those</c><00:44:36.000><c> outside</c><00:44:36.460><c> the</c><00:44:36.800><c> truth</c>

00:44:37.690 --> 00:44:41.820
since<00:44:38.000><c> Zephaniah's</c><00:44:38.820><c> words</c><00:44:39.719><c> were</c><00:44:40.239><c> directed</c><00:44:40.539><c> to</c><00:44:40.920><c> Judah,</c>

00:44:42.139 --> 00:44:45.139
which<00:44:42.340><c> constituted</c><00:44:42.960><c> the</c><00:44:43.239><c> ecclesia</c><00:44:43.719><c> of</c><00:44:43.960><c> those</c><00:44:44.199><c> times.</c>

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:50.780
In<00:44:47.880><c> verse</c><00:44:48.119><c> 14,</c><00:44:48.539><c> it</c><00:44:48.639><c> also</c><00:44:48.960><c> says</c><00:44:49.239><c> there</c><00:44:49.519><c> that</c><00:44:49.719><c> the</c><00:44:49.920><c> mighty</c><00:44:50.300><c> man</c>

00:44:50.780 --> 00:44:53.320
shall<00:44:51.000><c> cry</c><00:44:51.320><c> there</c><00:44:51.659><c> bitterly.</c>

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:56.900
You<00:44:54.199><c> know,</c><00:44:54.320><c> so</c><00:44:54.579><c> terrible</c><00:44:55.380><c> would</c><00:44:55.699><c> be</c><00:44:55.840><c> the</c><00:44:56.079><c> destruction</c><00:44:56.320><c> on</c><00:44:56.559><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:44:57.039 --> 00:45:01.900
so<00:44:57.780><c> awful</c><00:44:58.260><c> and</c><00:44:58.860><c> sweeping</c><00:44:59.179><c> the</c><00:44:59.579><c> judgments</c><00:45:00.099><c> that</c><00:45:01.280><c> warrior,</c>

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:04.679
you<00:45:02.119><c> know,</c><00:45:02.340><c> those</c><00:45:02.519><c> that</c><00:45:02.860><c> are</c><00:45:02.860><c> the</c><00:45:03.519><c> normally</c><00:45:03.860><c> hardened</c>

00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:07.280
to<00:45:05.260><c> the</c><00:45:05.440><c> scenes</c><00:45:05.639><c> of</c><00:45:05.960><c> violence</c><00:45:06.420><c> and</c><00:45:06.659><c> bloodshed</c>

00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:08.980
were<00:45:07.820><c> going</c><00:45:07.940><c> to</c><00:45:08.119><c> break</c><00:45:08.300><c> down</c><00:45:08.460><c> into</c><00:45:08.659><c> weeping</c>

00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:10.739
at<00:45:09.159><c> the</c><00:45:09.320><c> fate</c><00:45:09.420><c> of</c><00:45:09.599><c> the</c><00:45:09.679><c> beloved</c><00:45:09.860><c> city.</c>

00:45:13.380 --> 00:45:14.619
We<00:45:13.659><c> note</c><00:45:13.900><c> too</c><00:45:14.099><c> that</c><00:45:14.239><c> in</c><00:45:14.400><c> verse</c><00:45:14.619><c> 14,</c>

00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:18.679
verse<00:45:14.619><c> 15,</c><00:45:15.940><c> there's</c><00:45:16.199><c> a</c><00:45:16.440><c> number</c><00:45:16.800><c> of</c><00:45:17.179><c> pairs</c><00:45:17.639><c> of</c><00:45:18.440><c> words</c>

00:45:18.679 --> 00:45:22.079
that<00:45:18.940><c> are</c><00:45:19.019><c> paired</c><00:45:19.159><c> off</c><00:45:19.639><c> that</c><00:45:20.719><c> really</c><00:45:21.039><c> show</c><00:45:21.179><c> how</c><00:45:21.360><c> well</c><00:45:21.539><c> Zephaniah</c>

00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:24.500
knew<00:45:22.280><c> the</c><00:45:22.340><c> word</c><00:45:22.500><c> of</c><00:45:22.659><c> God</c><00:45:22.800><c> because</c><00:45:23.059><c> these</c><00:45:23.380><c> are</c><00:45:23.579><c> pairs</c><00:45:24.059><c> of</c><00:45:24.280><c> words</c>

00:45:24.500 --> 00:45:27.860
that<00:45:24.679><c> are</c><00:45:24.860><c> drawn</c><00:45:25.000><c> from</c><00:45:25.300><c> earlier</c><00:45:25.840><c> in</c><00:45:26.400><c> Israel's</c><00:45:26.900><c> history.</c>

00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:30.199
You<00:45:28.380><c> know,</c><00:45:28.500><c> the</c><00:45:28.559><c> word</c><00:45:28.659><c> trouble</c><00:45:29.019><c> and</c><00:45:29.219><c> distress</c><00:45:29.579><c> are</c><00:45:29.760><c> words</c>

00:45:30.199 --> 00:45:33.519
that<00:45:30.980><c> sound</c><00:45:31.280><c> almost</c><00:45:31.639><c> the</c><00:45:31.880><c> exact</c><00:45:32.139><c> same</c><00:45:32.420><c> in</c><00:45:32.599><c> the</c><00:45:32.760><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:45:33.900 --> 00:45:36.659
And<00:45:34.099><c> the</c><00:45:34.239><c> word</c><00:45:34.440><c> wastes</c><00:45:34.840><c> and</c><00:45:35.039><c> desolation</c><00:45:35.900><c> are</c><00:45:36.320><c> derived</c>

00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:40.179
from<00:45:36.860><c> the</c><00:45:37.039><c> same</c><00:45:37.300><c> root</c><00:45:37.579><c> and</c><00:45:37.760><c> both</c><00:45:38.039><c> of</c><00:45:38.219><c> those</c><00:45:38.460><c> pairs</c><00:45:39.079><c> are</c><00:45:39.840><c> used</c>

00:45:40.179 --> 00:45:44.820
in<00:45:40.719><c> the</c><00:45:40.840><c> book</c><00:45:41.000><c> of</c><00:45:41.260><c> Joe</c><00:45:41.659><c> to</c><00:45:42.460><c> describe</c><00:45:43.159><c> such</c><00:45:43.780><c> states.</c>

00:45:46.059 --> 00:45:47.639
You<00:45:46.099><c> know,</c><00:45:46.260><c> the</c><00:45:46.340><c> words</c><00:45:46.579><c> darkness</c><00:45:46.960><c> and</c><00:45:47.179><c> gloominess</c>

00:45:47.639 --> 00:45:50.280
occur<00:45:47.940><c> together</c><00:45:48.320><c> in</c><00:45:48.539><c> Joel</c><00:45:48.860><c> chapter</c><00:45:49.219><c> two,</c>

00:45:50.780 --> 00:45:53.679
while<00:45:51.039><c> clouds</c><00:45:51.500><c> and</c><00:45:51.739><c> thick</c><00:45:51.880><c> darkness</c><00:45:52.300><c> are</c><00:45:52.519><c> used</c><00:45:52.719><c> by</c><00:45:52.960><c> Moses</c>

00:45:53.679 --> 00:45:57.840
in<00:45:54.320><c> describing</c><00:45:54.679><c> the</c><00:45:54.980><c> giving</c><00:45:55.300><c> of</c><00:45:55.760><c> the</c><00:45:55.900><c> covenant</c><00:45:56.179><c> in</c><00:45:56.400><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

00:45:58.340 --> 00:46:01.679
All<00:45:58.599><c> of</c><00:45:58.760><c> these</c><00:45:58.940><c> words</c><00:45:59.260><c> are</c><00:45:59.500><c> pulled</c><00:45:59.699><c> from</c><00:46:00.260><c> Israel's</c><00:46:00.900><c> history</c>

00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:03.440
by<00:46:02.239><c> Zephaniah.</c>

00:46:04.420 --> 00:46:07.559
Then<00:46:04.579><c> in</c><00:46:04.679><c> verse</c><00:46:04.820><c> 16,</c><00:46:05.239><c> we</c><00:46:05.360><c> have</c><00:46:05.480><c> the</c><00:46:05.739><c> trumpet</c><00:46:06.099><c> or</c><00:46:06.599><c> more</c><00:46:07.219><c> correctly,</c>

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:10.500
the<00:46:07.780><c> shofar</c><00:46:08.500><c> horn</c><00:46:08.920><c> sounding</c><00:46:09.340><c> the</c><00:46:09.639><c> alarm,</c>

00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:14.820
but<00:46:11.280><c> there's</c><00:46:11.460><c> no</c><00:46:11.699><c> defense</c><00:46:12.460><c> to</c><00:46:12.900><c> stand</c><00:46:13.300><c> against</c><00:46:13.960><c> the</c><00:46:14.179><c> wave</c><00:46:14.320><c> of</c><00:46:14.599><c> judgment</c>

00:46:14.820 --> 00:46:17.139
that's<00:46:15.139><c> going</c><00:46:15.260><c> to</c><00:46:15.400><c> be</c><00:46:15.559><c> unleashed</c><00:46:15.920><c> upon</c><00:46:16.159><c> the</c><00:46:16.380><c> city.</c>

00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:24.639
This<00:46:20.840><c> dark</c><00:46:21.179><c> gloominess</c><00:46:21.960><c> was</c><00:46:23.599><c> going</c><00:46:23.880><c> to</c><00:46:24.000><c> be</c><00:46:24.159><c> brought</c><00:46:24.320><c> about</c>

00:46:24.639 --> 00:46:28.699
by<00:46:24.960><c> the</c><00:46:25.239><c> eclipse</c><00:46:25.739><c> of</c><00:46:26.199><c> the</c><00:46:26.460><c> sun</c><00:46:26.760><c> and</c><00:46:28.000><c> symbolically,</c>

00:46:28.840 --> 00:46:31.599
the<00:46:28.960><c> sun</c><00:46:29.199><c> represented</c><00:46:30.019><c> Judah's</c><00:46:30.639><c> government,</c>

00:46:31.940 --> 00:46:35.280
which<00:46:32.079><c> was</c><00:46:32.400><c> threatened</c><00:46:32.639><c> with</c><00:46:32.880><c> a</c><00:46:33.079><c> political</c><00:46:33.460><c> eclipse,</c><00:46:33.960><c> if</c><00:46:34.119><c> you</c><00:46:34.300><c> will.</c>

00:46:35.679 --> 00:46:38.280
Things<00:46:36.079><c> that</c><00:46:36.480><c> Micah</c><00:46:36.940><c> as</c><00:46:37.039><c> well</c><00:46:37.420><c> prophesied</c><00:46:38.000><c> about</c>

00:46:38.280 --> 00:46:39.900
when<00:46:38.400><c> he</c><00:46:38.539><c> said,</c><00:46:38.960><c> therefore,</c><00:46:39.119><c> night</c><00:46:39.239><c> shall</c><00:46:39.420><c> be</c><00:46:39.599><c> unto</c><00:46:39.760><c> you</c>

00:46:39.900 --> 00:46:41.739
that<00:46:40.039><c> you</c><00:46:40.239><c> shall</c><00:46:40.420><c> not</c><00:46:40.599><c> have</c><00:46:40.760><c> a</c><00:46:40.900><c> vision</c>

00:46:41.679 --> 00:46:45.519
and<00:46:41.880><c> it</c><00:46:42.059><c> shall</c><00:46:42.179><c> be</c><00:46:42.420><c> dark</c><00:46:42.659><c> unto</c><00:46:42.920><c> you,</c><00:46:43.699><c> that</c><00:46:43.860><c> you</c><00:46:44.019><c> shall</c><00:46:44.159><c> not</c><00:46:44.440><c> divine.</c>

00:46:45.739 --> 00:46:47.480
And<00:46:45.920><c> the</c><00:46:46.119><c> sun</c><00:46:46.280><c> shall</c><00:46:46.480><c> go</c><00:46:46.579><c> down</c><00:46:46.820><c> over</c><00:46:46.980><c> the</c><00:46:47.179><c> prophets</c>

00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:50.199
and<00:46:47.659><c> the</c><00:46:47.880><c> day</c><00:46:48.079><c> shall</c><00:46:48.280><c> be</c><00:46:48.559><c> dark</c><00:46:48.980><c> over</c><00:46:49.400><c> them.</c>

00:46:51.500 --> 00:46:54.980
Amos<00:46:51.719><c> also</c><00:46:52.099><c> declared</c><00:46:52.639><c> in</c><00:46:52.880><c> chapter</c><00:46:53.139><c> five</c><00:46:53.480><c> of</c><00:46:53.639><c> his</c><00:46:53.800><c> prophecy,</c>

00:46:55.159 --> 00:46:57.699
woe<00:46:55.340><c> unto</c><00:46:55.480><c> you,</c><00:46:55.760><c> the</c><00:46:55.880><c> desire</c><00:46:56.179><c> of</c><00:46:56.340><c> the</c><00:46:56.460><c> day</c><00:46:56.579><c> of</c><00:46:56.800><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:46:58.019 --> 00:47:00.119
To<00:46:58.219><c> what</c><00:46:58.480><c> end</c><00:46:58.699><c> is</c><00:46:58.900><c> it</c><00:46:59.019><c> for</c><00:46:59.219><c> you?</c>

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:02.940
The<00:47:00.780><c> day</c><00:47:00.960><c> of</c><00:47:01.099><c> Yahweh</c><00:47:01.380><c> is</c><00:47:01.599><c> darkness</c><00:47:02.099><c> and</c><00:47:02.360><c> not</c><00:47:02.519><c> light.</c>

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:07.260
As<00:47:03.820><c> if</c><00:47:04.059><c> a</c><00:47:04.179><c> man</c><00:47:04.739><c> did</c><00:47:05.000><c> flee</c><00:47:05.320><c> from</c><00:47:05.579><c> a</c><00:47:05.780><c> lion</c><00:47:05.960><c> and</c><00:47:06.159><c> a</c><00:47:06.280><c> bear</c><00:47:06.420><c> met</c><00:47:06.699><c> him</c>

00:47:07.260 --> 00:47:09.440
or<00:47:07.599><c> went</c><00:47:07.800><c> into</c><00:47:07.980><c> the</c><00:47:08.159><c> house</c><00:47:08.420><c> and</c><00:47:08.599><c> leaned</c><00:47:08.719><c> his</c><00:47:08.840><c> hand</c><00:47:08.980><c> on</c><00:47:09.119><c> the</c><00:47:09.239><c> wall</c>

00:47:09.440 --> 00:47:11.099
and<00:47:09.619><c> a</c><00:47:09.780><c> serpent</c><00:47:10.019><c> bit</c><00:47:10.239><c> him.</c>

00:47:11.320 --> 00:47:15.019
Shall<00:47:11.440><c> not</c><00:47:11.679><c> the</c><00:47:11.840><c> day</c><00:47:11.920><c> of</c><00:47:12.139><c> Yahweh</c><00:47:12.440><c> be</c><00:47:12.599><c> darkness</c><00:47:13.420><c> and</c><00:47:13.800><c> not</c><00:47:14.000><c> light?</c>

00:47:15.139 --> 00:47:18.039
Even<00:47:15.400><c> very</c><00:47:15.880><c> dark</c><00:47:16.219><c> and</c><00:47:16.380><c> no</c><00:47:16.539><c> brightness</c><00:47:16.820><c> in</c><00:47:17.039><c> it.</c>

00:47:18.820 --> 00:47:22.519
And<00:47:19.139><c> this</c><00:47:19.340><c> state</c><00:47:19.599><c> of</c><00:47:19.900><c> darkness</c><00:47:20.519><c> was</c><00:47:21.260><c> brought</c><00:47:21.500><c> about</c>

00:47:22.460 --> 00:47:25.460
by<00:47:22.679><c> the</c><00:47:22.900><c> destruction</c><00:47:23.420><c> caused</c><00:47:23.820><c> by</c><00:47:24.019><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

00:47:27.920 --> 00:47:30.139
When<00:47:28.139><c> we</c><00:47:28.219><c> get</c><00:47:28.340><c> to</c><00:47:28.440><c> verses</c><00:47:28.679><c> 17</c><00:47:29.099><c> and</c><00:47:29.260><c> 18</c><00:47:29.519><c> of</c><00:47:29.699><c> chapter</c><00:47:29.920><c> one,</c>

00:47:30.139 --> 00:47:33.860
the<00:47:30.420><c> faithless</c><00:47:30.880><c> and</c><00:47:31.119><c> Judah</c><00:47:31.559><c> are</c><00:47:32.539><c> now</c><00:47:32.760><c> headed</c><00:47:33.000><c> into</c><00:47:33.320><c> that</c><00:47:33.519><c> darkness</c>

00:47:33.860 --> 00:47:37.199
that<00:47:34.059><c> they</c><00:47:34.360><c> preferred</c><00:47:34.860><c> over</c><00:47:35.619><c> the</c><00:47:35.820><c> light</c><00:47:36.000><c> of</c><00:47:36.159><c> God.</c>

00:47:38.059 --> 00:47:41.639
And<00:47:38.179><c> the</c><00:47:38.420><c> inhabitants</c><00:47:38.940><c> shall</c><00:47:39.260><c> find</c><00:47:39.500><c> no</c><00:47:39.940><c> refuge</c><00:47:40.519><c> in</c><00:47:41.059><c> their</c><00:47:41.300><c> well,</c>

00:47:42.139 --> 00:47:44.699
in<00:47:42.219><c> which</c><00:47:42.380><c> they</c><00:47:42.579><c> have</c><00:47:42.699><c> placed</c><00:47:42.860><c> all</c><00:47:43.119><c> their</c><00:47:43.300><c> value</c><00:47:43.579><c> and</c><00:47:43.820><c> trust.</c>

00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:47.679
Rather,<00:47:45.780><c> they</c><00:47:46.000><c> shall</c><00:47:46.199><c> stumble</c><00:47:46.559><c> around</c><00:47:46.960><c> as</c><00:47:47.159><c> the</c><00:47:47.400><c> blind</c>

00:47:47.679 --> 00:47:49.860
and<00:47:47.880><c> be</c><00:47:48.239><c> destroyed</c><00:47:48.780><c> from</c><00:47:49.199><c> off</c><00:47:49.380><c> the</c><00:47:49.619><c> land</c>

00:47:49.860 --> 00:47:52.940
because<00:47:50.119><c> they</c><00:47:50.360><c> had</c><00:47:50.699><c> sinned</c><00:47:51.539><c> against</c><00:47:51.900><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:47:54.260 --> 00:47:56.480
And<00:47:54.760><c> it's</c><00:47:54.940><c> very</c><00:47:55.280><c> true</c><00:47:55.460><c> that</c><00:47:55.619><c> there</c><00:47:55.800><c> comes</c><00:47:56.019><c> a</c><00:47:56.219><c> time</c>

00:47:56.480 --> 00:47:59.699
when<00:47:56.880><c> material</c><00:47:57.420><c> things,</c><00:47:57.880><c> any</c><00:47:58.159><c> type</c><00:47:58.480><c> of</c><00:47:59.280><c> value</c>

00:47:59.699 --> 00:48:02.619
from<00:47:59.920><c> a</c><00:48:00.139><c> material</c><00:48:00.300><c> thing</c><00:48:00.880><c> really</c><00:48:01.320><c> has</c><00:48:01.500><c> no</c><00:48:01.719><c> value.</c>

00:48:02.900 --> 00:48:05.099
In<00:48:03.039><c> the</c><00:48:03.300><c> end,</c><00:48:03.500><c> it's</c><00:48:03.659><c> only</c><00:48:03.940><c> righteousness,</c>

00:48:05.519 --> 00:48:08.079
God's<00:48:05.960><c> righteousness</c><00:48:06.320><c> that</c><00:48:06.619><c> delivers</c><00:48:06.840><c> from</c><00:48:07.139><c> death.</c>

00:48:09.380 --> 00:48:12.960
You<00:48:09.539><c> know,</c><00:48:09.619><c> Yahweh</c><00:48:09.739><c> is</c><00:48:09.980><c> merciful</c><00:48:10.380><c> and</c><00:48:10.659><c> gracious</c><00:48:10.980><c> and</c><00:48:11.260><c> long</c><00:48:11.539><c>-suffering,</c>

00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:15.099
but<00:48:13.380><c> there</c><00:48:13.539><c> comes</c><00:48:13.780><c> a</c><00:48:14.019><c> time</c><00:48:14.219><c> when</c><00:48:14.340><c> he</c><00:48:14.460><c> will</c><00:48:14.579><c> no</c><00:48:14.840><c> longer</c>

00:48:15.099 --> 00:48:16.500
restrain<00:48:15.500><c> himself.</c>

00:48:16.900 --> 00:48:18.780
And<00:48:17.119><c> as</c><00:48:17.219><c> it</c><00:48:17.480><c> says</c><00:48:17.659><c> here</c><00:48:18.000><c> in</c><00:48:18.099><c> verse</c><00:48:18.380><c> 18,</c>

00:48:18.820 --> 00:48:23.920
in<00:48:18.900><c> the</c><00:48:19.219><c> fire</c><00:48:19.559><c> of</c><00:48:19.800><c> his</c><00:48:20.019><c> jealousy,</c><00:48:21.239><c> he</c><00:48:21.559><c> speaks</c><00:48:22.179><c> and</c><00:48:22.860><c> he</c><00:48:23.079><c> acts.</c>

00:48:24.460 --> 00:48:29.000
And<00:48:24.659><c> the</c><00:48:24.840><c> phrase</c><00:48:25.059><c> describes</c><00:48:25.880><c> the</c><00:48:26.539><c> blazing</c><00:48:27.280><c> forth</c><00:48:27.619><c> of</c><00:48:27.820><c> his</c><00:48:28.039><c> feelings.</c>

00:48:29.139 --> 00:48:31.619
And<00:48:29.619><c> the</c><00:48:29.719><c> word</c><00:48:29.820><c> jealousy</c><00:48:30.219><c> is</c><00:48:30.420><c> from</c><00:48:30.619><c> a</c><00:48:30.739><c> Hebrew</c><00:48:30.980><c> word,</c><00:48:31.539><c> kwanah,</c>

00:48:31.659 --> 00:48:36.559
which<00:48:31.800><c> means</c><00:48:32.199><c> to</c><00:48:32.739><c> flush</c><00:48:33.079><c> up</c><00:48:33.400><c> red,</c><00:48:34.139><c> you</c><00:48:34.320><c> know,</c><00:48:34.699><c> in</c><00:48:34.900><c> extreme</c><00:48:35.400><c> motion.</c>

00:48:37.920 --> 00:48:39.860
Well,<00:48:38.039><c> we</c><00:48:38.159><c> know</c><00:48:38.980><c> that</c><00:48:39.239><c> our</c><00:48:39.320><c> Heavenly</c><00:48:39.539><c> Father</c>

00:48:39.860 --> 00:48:42.900
is<00:48:40.079><c> a</c><00:48:40.159><c> consuming</c><00:48:40.460><c> fire</c><00:48:40.940><c> and</c><00:48:41.159><c> a</c><00:48:41.340><c> jealous</c><00:48:41.860><c> God.</c>

00:48:43.699 --> 00:48:47.460
He<00:48:43.880><c> demands</c><00:48:44.420><c> the</c><00:48:44.639><c> undivided</c><00:48:45.420><c> loyalty</c><00:48:45.860><c> and</c><00:48:46.059><c> love</c><00:48:46.239><c> of</c><00:48:46.380><c> his</c><00:48:46.539><c> children.</c>

00:48:47.980 --> 00:48:51.099
And<00:48:48.119><c> he</c><00:48:48.340><c> justly</c><00:48:48.780><c> punishes</c><00:48:49.260><c> those</c><00:48:49.619><c> who</c><00:48:49.860><c> hate</c><00:48:50.099><c> him.</c>

00:48:51.480 --> 00:48:54.280
And<00:48:51.659><c> in</c><00:48:51.739><c> that</c><00:48:51.920><c> regard,</c><00:48:52.320><c> he's</c><00:48:52.579><c> inflexible.</c>

00:48:54.900 --> 00:48:58.239
And<00:48:55.099><c> as</c><00:48:55.280><c> his</c><00:48:55.480><c> children,</c><00:48:56.099><c> we</c><00:48:56.239><c> should</c><00:48:56.420><c> likewise</c><00:48:56.920><c> manifest</c>

00:48:58.380 --> 00:49:01.820
inflexibility<00:48:58.940><c> in</c><00:48:59.239><c> our</c><00:48:59.519><c> love</c><00:48:59.940><c> and</c><00:49:00.340><c> our</c><00:49:00.500><c> loyalty</c><00:49:00.820><c> to</c><00:49:01.039><c> him.</c>

00:49:08.639 --> 00:49:12.539
He<00:49:08.780><c> won't</c><00:49:09.400><c> share</c><00:49:09.739><c> our</c><00:49:10.079><c> love</c><00:49:10.800><c> with</c><00:49:11.519><c> others.</c>

00:49:13.039 --> 00:49:15.780
And<00:49:13.159><c> any</c><00:49:13.320><c> attempt</c><00:49:13.579><c> to</c><00:49:13.780><c> do</c><00:49:13.920><c> so</c><00:49:14.139><c> by</c><00:49:14.400><c> us</c><00:49:14.900><c> is</c><00:49:15.179><c> to</c><00:49:15.440><c> engage</c>

00:49:15.780 --> 00:49:18.179
in<00:49:16.320><c> a</c><00:49:16.519><c> form</c><00:49:16.719><c> of</c><00:49:16.960><c> spiritual</c><00:49:17.539><c> idolatry,</c>

00:49:18.340 --> 00:49:20.820
which<00:49:18.579><c> will</c><00:49:19.119><c> arouse</c><00:49:19.619><c> his</c><00:49:19.900><c> jealousy.</c>

00:49:21.659 --> 00:49:25.460
And<00:49:21.980><c> as</c><00:49:22.260><c> harsh</c><00:49:22.539><c> as</c><00:49:22.699><c> that</c><00:49:22.900><c> may</c><00:49:23.099><c> sound</c><00:49:23.800><c> to</c><00:49:24.480><c> us</c><00:49:24.739><c> as</c><00:49:24.920><c> human</c><00:49:25.059><c> beings,</c>

00:49:25.559 --> 00:49:27.260
you<00:49:25.559><c> know,</c><00:49:26.159><c> that</c><00:49:26.340><c> kind</c><00:49:26.579><c> of</c><00:49:26.800><c> jealousy.</c>

00:49:27.739 --> 00:49:31.059
If<00:49:28.360><c> you</c><00:49:28.579><c> think</c><00:49:28.820><c> about</c><00:49:29.099><c> it,</c><00:49:29.860><c> it's</c><00:49:30.159><c> really</c><00:49:30.400><c> quite</c><00:49:30.659><c> wonderful</c>

00:49:31.059 --> 00:49:34.840
because<00:49:31.760><c> the</c><00:49:32.440><c> jealousy</c><00:49:33.159><c> with</c><00:49:33.940><c> which</c><00:49:34.179><c> he</c><00:49:34.480><c> guards</c>

00:49:34.840 --> 00:49:40.760
the<00:49:35.219><c> honor</c><00:49:35.400><c> of</c><00:49:35.659><c> his</c><00:49:35.920><c> name,</c><00:49:37.059><c> his</c><00:49:37.300><c> land,</c><00:49:38.159><c> his</c><00:49:38.440><c> people,</c><00:49:39.219><c> and</c><00:49:39.380><c> his</c><00:49:39.579><c> purpose,</c>

00:49:41.079 --> 00:49:46.400
that<00:49:41.519><c> jealousy</c><00:49:42.199><c> ensures</c><00:49:43.320><c> that</c><00:49:44.320><c> his</c><00:49:44.579><c> intentions</c><00:49:45.000><c> will</c><00:49:45.280><c> be</c><00:49:45.480><c> fulfilled,</c>

00:49:47.159 --> 00:49:52.139
that<00:49:47.340><c> all</c><00:49:47.559><c> the</c><00:49:47.860><c> promises</c><00:49:48.179><c> that</c><00:49:48.460><c> he</c><00:49:48.659><c> has</c><00:49:48.920><c> made</c><00:49:49.460><c> will</c><00:49:50.940><c> be</c><00:49:51.239><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:49:54.539 --> 00:49:56.500
Well,<00:49:54.760><c> this</c><00:49:54.920><c> brings</c><00:49:55.139><c> us</c><00:49:55.400><c> to</c><00:49:55.559><c> the</c><00:49:55.820><c> concluding</c><00:49:56.159><c> verses</c>

00:49:56.500 --> 00:49:58.320
of<00:49:56.639><c> this</c><00:49:56.900><c> opening</c><00:49:57.199><c> section.</c>

00:49:59.539 --> 00:50:01.500
And<00:49:59.739><c> as</c><00:49:59.880><c> we</c><00:50:00.000><c> have</c><00:50:00.239><c> said,</c><00:50:00.500><c> the</c><00:50:00.559><c> day</c><00:50:00.739><c> of</c><00:50:00.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:01.139><c> is</c><00:50:01.300><c> a</c><00:50:01.400><c> day</c>

00:50:01.500 --> 00:50:04.900
when<00:50:01.619><c> he</c><00:50:01.760><c> will</c><00:50:01.980><c> be</c><00:50:02.239><c> vindicated</c><00:50:02.719><c> by</c><00:50:02.960><c> the</c><00:50:03.219><c> outpouring</c><00:50:03.639><c> of</c><00:50:03.840><c> his</c><00:50:04.019><c> judgment.</c>

00:50:05.360 --> 00:50:09.739
But<00:50:05.500><c> with</c><00:50:05.719><c> judgment,</c><00:50:07.000><c> there</c><00:50:07.119><c> is</c><00:50:07.380><c> invariably</c><00:50:07.980><c> the</c><00:50:08.320><c> offer</c><00:50:08.579><c> of</c><00:50:08.820><c> mercy.</c>

00:50:10.960 --> 00:50:13.440
Mankind<00:50:11.320><c> is</c><00:50:11.559><c> therefore</c><00:50:11.900><c> invited</c><00:50:12.219><c> to</c><00:50:12.420><c> behold</c><00:50:12.539><c> both</c><00:50:12.920><c> the</c><00:50:13.179><c> goodness</c>

00:50:13.440 --> 00:50:16.460
and<00:50:13.800><c> the</c><00:50:13.980><c> severity</c><00:50:14.400><c> of</c><00:50:14.679><c> God</c><00:50:14.900><c> that</c><00:50:15.039><c> he</c><00:50:15.199><c> might</c><00:50:15.539><c> learn</c>

00:50:16.460 --> 00:50:20.219
to<00:50:17.000><c> appreciate</c><00:50:17.360><c> the</c><00:50:17.679><c> former</c><00:50:18.079><c> and</c><00:50:19.000><c> fear</c><00:50:19.139><c> the</c><00:50:19.380><c> latter.</c>

00:50:21.340 --> 00:50:24.099
The<00:50:21.519><c> divine</c><00:50:21.760><c> character</c><00:50:22.280><c> is</c><00:50:22.539><c> a</c><00:50:22.699><c> blend</c><00:50:22.840><c> of</c><00:50:23.119><c> mercy</c><00:50:23.460><c> and</c><00:50:23.820><c> grace,</c>

00:50:24.099 --> 00:50:26.960
as<00:50:24.099><c> well</c><00:50:24.380><c> as</c><00:50:24.380><c> long</c><00:50:24.420><c>-suffering</c><00:50:25.280><c> and</c><00:50:25.679><c> compassion.</c>

00:50:27.219 --> 00:50:30.760
And<00:50:27.519><c> it's</c><00:50:27.820><c> combined</c><00:50:28.219><c> with</c><00:50:28.480><c> a</c><00:50:28.599><c> vigorous</c><00:50:29.019><c> repudiation</c><00:50:29.739><c> of</c><00:50:29.960><c> evil.</c>

00:50:31.239 --> 00:50:34.179
Because<00:50:31.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:31.940><c> will</c><00:50:32.179><c> by</c><00:50:32.340><c> no</c><00:50:32.579><c> means</c><00:50:32.840><c> clear</c><00:50:33.099><c> the</c><00:50:33.260><c> guilty.</c>

00:50:36.119 --> 00:50:37.559
In<00:50:36.320><c> view</c><00:50:36.420><c> of</c><00:50:36.539><c> the</c><00:50:36.639><c> coming</c><00:50:36.840><c> day</c><00:50:37.059><c> of</c><00:50:37.260><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:50:37.760 --> 00:50:40.980
Zephaniah<00:50:38.239><c> proclaims</c><00:50:39.579><c> a</c><00:50:39.920><c> warning,</c>

00:50:41.199 --> 00:50:43.059
followed<00:50:41.519><c> by</c><00:50:41.860><c> a</c><00:50:42.079><c> three</c><00:50:42.260><c>-fold</c><00:50:42.460><c> appeal,</c>

00:50:43.480 --> 00:50:45.239
prefaced<00:50:43.719><c> by</c><00:50:43.940><c> the</c><00:50:44.079><c> word</c><00:50:44.260><c> seek.</c>

00:50:46.440 --> 00:50:48.780
These<00:50:46.719><c> opening</c><00:50:46.940><c> verses</c><00:50:47.340><c> of</c><00:50:47.500><c> Zephaniah</c><00:50:48.039><c> two</c><00:50:48.260><c> contain</c>

00:50:48.780 --> 00:50:53.000
a<00:50:49.460><c> last</c><00:50:49.820><c> appeal</c><00:50:50.320><c> to</c><00:50:50.519><c> the</c><00:50:50.699><c> people</c><00:50:51.159><c> to</c><00:50:51.739><c> consider</c><00:50:51.940><c> their</c><00:50:52.179><c> ways.</c>

00:50:53.139 --> 00:50:56.099
It<00:50:53.400><c> speaks</c><00:50:53.800><c> of</c><00:50:54.400><c> self</c><00:50:54.760><c>-examination.</c>

00:50:58.280 --> 00:51:00.099
In<00:50:58.360><c> the</c><00:50:58.559><c> few</c><00:50:58.719><c> days</c><00:50:59.039><c> of</c><00:50:59.340><c> grace</c><00:50:59.539><c> that</c><00:50:59.800><c> remain,</c>

00:51:00.260 --> 00:51:02.900
the<00:51:00.380><c> meek</c><00:51:00.539><c> of</c><00:51:00.679><c> the</c><00:51:00.840><c> earth</c><00:51:00.980><c> are</c><00:51:01.219><c> urged</c><00:51:01.420><c> to</c><00:51:01.679><c> seek</c><00:51:01.860><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:51:03.059 --> 00:51:05.519
As<00:51:03.199><c> it</c><00:51:03.400><c> says</c><00:51:03.500><c> there,</c><00:51:04.019><c> before</c><00:51:04.420><c> the</c><00:51:04.659><c> decree</c><00:51:04.860><c> bring</c><00:51:05.199><c> forth,</c>

00:51:05.880 --> 00:51:07.579
before<00:51:06.280><c> the</c><00:51:06.519><c> day</c><00:51:06.719><c> passes</c><00:51:07.159><c> the</c><00:51:07.440><c> check,</c>

00:51:07.800 --> 00:51:09.900
before<00:51:08.119><c> the</c><00:51:08.380><c> fierce</c><00:51:08.559><c> anger</c><00:51:08.820><c> of</c><00:51:09.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:51:09.219><c> come</c><00:51:09.400><c> upon</c><00:51:09.619><c> you,</c>

00:51:10.199 --> 00:51:12.820
before<00:51:10.639><c> the</c><00:51:10.880><c> day</c><00:51:11.099><c> of</c><00:51:11.320><c> Yahweh's</c><00:51:11.739><c> anger</c><00:51:12.000><c> come</c><00:51:12.260><c> upon</c><00:51:12.559><c> you.</c>

00:51:13.139 --> 00:51:18.139
And<00:51:13.300><c> you</c><00:51:13.420><c> get</c><00:51:13.659><c> the</c><00:51:13.940><c> sense</c><00:51:14.360><c> of</c><00:51:14.880><c> the</c><00:51:15.179><c> urgency</c><00:51:15.920><c> of</c><00:51:16.659><c> Zephaniah's</c><00:51:17.340><c> appeal.</c>

00:51:18.719 --> 00:51:20.860
The<00:51:18.900><c> day</c><00:51:19.079><c> of</c><00:51:19.239><c> opportunity</c><00:51:19.639><c> was</c><00:51:19.920><c> about</c><00:51:20.280><c> to</c><00:51:20.619><c> close</c>

00:51:20.860 --> 00:51:22.039
for<00:51:21.059><c> the</c><00:51:21.239><c> people</c><00:51:21.440><c> of</c><00:51:21.699><c> Judah.</c>

00:51:22.500 --> 00:51:25.760
And<00:51:22.679><c> there</c><00:51:22.800><c> was</c><00:51:23.019><c> an</c><00:51:23.300><c> urgency</c><00:51:23.900><c> which</c><00:51:24.420><c> they</c><00:51:24.619><c> shouldn't</c><00:51:24.880><c> ignore.</c>

00:51:27.559 --> 00:51:29.940
So<00:51:27.719><c> Zephaniah</c><00:51:28.179><c> makes</c><00:51:28.480><c> three</c><00:51:28.840><c> appeals.</c>

00:51:30.980 --> 00:51:33.619
The<00:51:31.099><c> first</c><00:51:31.360><c> is</c><00:51:31.940><c> to</c><00:51:32.199><c> seek</c><00:51:32.420><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:51:35.239 --> 00:51:37.340
It's<00:51:35.539><c> Amos</c><00:51:35.800><c> who</c><00:51:36.039><c> exhorted</c><00:51:36.239><c> the</c><00:51:36.440><c> people</c><00:51:36.539><c> to</c><00:51:36.760><c> seek</c><00:51:36.900><c> Yahweh</c>

00:51:37.340 --> 00:51:39.960
and<00:51:37.420><c> you</c><00:51:37.659><c> shall</c><00:51:37.900><c> live,</c><00:51:38.420><c> lest</c><00:51:38.599><c> he</c><00:51:39.000><c> break</c><00:51:39.139><c> out</c><00:51:39.320><c> like</c><00:51:39.599><c> fire</c>

00:51:39.960 --> 00:51:41.960
on<00:51:40.139><c> the</c><00:51:40.280><c> house</c><00:51:40.460><c> of</c><00:51:40.639><c> Joseph</c><00:51:40.960><c> and</c><00:51:41.179><c> devour</c><00:51:41.579><c> it,</c>

00:51:42.139 --> 00:51:44.780
and<00:51:42.239><c> there</c><00:51:42.320><c> be</c><00:51:42.440><c> none</c><00:51:42.679><c> to</c><00:51:42.900><c> question</c><00:51:43.219><c> in</c><00:51:43.639><c> Bethel.</c>

00:51:46.619 --> 00:51:49.519
And<00:51:47.079><c> as</c><00:51:47.280><c> we</c><00:51:47.480><c> see</c><00:51:47.619><c> the</c><00:51:47.900><c> signs</c><00:51:48.199><c> that</c><00:51:48.760><c> are</c><00:51:49.260><c> slow,</c>

00:51:49.980 --> 00:51:52.079
clearly<00:51:50.300><c> indicative</c><00:51:50.860><c> of</c><00:51:51.079><c> the</c><00:51:51.260><c> Christ's</c><00:51:51.920><c> return</c>

00:51:52.079 --> 00:51:54.019
and<00:51:52.239><c> the</c><00:51:52.440><c> nearness</c><00:51:52.780><c> of</c><00:51:53.000><c> it,</c>

00:51:54.199 --> 00:51:59.159
we<00:51:54.639><c> must</c><00:51:55.039><c> bear</c><00:51:55.400><c> in</c><00:51:55.639><c> mind</c><00:51:56.139><c> what</c><00:51:57.019><c> that</c><00:51:57.579><c> day</c><00:51:57.840><c> of</c><00:51:58.219><c> judgment</c>

00:51:59.079 --> 00:52:00.460
is<00:51:59.380><c> going</c><00:51:59.539><c> to</c><00:51:59.760><c> reveal.</c>

00:52:00.980 --> 00:52:03.559
You<00:52:01.239><c> know,</c><00:52:01.239><c> we</c><00:52:01.400><c> need</c><00:52:01.619><c> to</c><00:52:01.840><c> give</c><00:52:02.219><c> modern</c><00:52:02.800><c> application</c>

00:52:03.559 --> 00:52:06.099
of<00:52:03.800><c> Zephaniah's</c><00:52:04.440><c> appeal</c><00:52:04.860><c> to</c><00:52:05.480><c> our</c><00:52:05.739><c> day</c>

00:52:06.099 --> 00:52:09.980
to<00:52:06.780><c> seek</c><00:52:07.019><c> Yahweh</c><00:52:07.559><c> now</c><00:52:08.300><c> while</c><00:52:08.659><c> time</c><00:52:08.900><c> remains.</c>

00:52:11.599 --> 00:52:13.760
And<00:52:11.760><c> note</c><00:52:11.900><c> here</c><00:52:12.079><c> that</c><00:52:12.280><c> the</c><00:52:12.519><c> appeal</c><00:52:12.820><c> to</c><00:52:13.099><c> seek</c><00:52:13.300><c> Yahweh</c>

00:52:13.760 --> 00:52:15.380
is<00:52:14.079><c> to</c><00:52:14.260><c> the</c><00:52:14.519><c> meek,</c>

00:52:15.920 --> 00:52:19.659
but<00:52:16.099><c> we</c><00:52:16.239><c> also</c><00:52:16.539><c> shouldn't</c><00:52:17.280><c> be</c><00:52:18.980><c> misled</c>

00:52:19.659 --> 00:52:21.380
to<00:52:19.840><c> think</c><00:52:19.920><c> it</c><00:52:20.059><c> means</c><00:52:20.360><c> the</c><00:52:20.639><c> weak.</c>

00:52:22.179 --> 00:52:24.780
The<00:52:22.739><c> appeal</c><00:52:23.019><c> is</c><00:52:23.260><c> to</c><00:52:23.400><c> the</c><00:52:23.619><c> meek,</c><00:52:24.179><c> not</c><00:52:24.440><c> the</c><00:52:24.659><c> weak,</c>

00:52:24.900 --> 00:52:27.639
because<00:52:25.280><c> when</c><00:52:25.539><c> you</c><00:52:25.679><c> consider</c><00:52:25.920><c> Moses</c><00:52:26.500><c> and</c><00:52:26.679><c> the</c><00:52:26.739><c> Lord</c><00:52:26.940><c> Jesus</c><00:52:27.280><c> Christ,</c>

00:52:27.679 --> 00:52:29.460
both<00:52:27.900><c> were</c><00:52:28.099><c> meek</c><00:52:28.400><c> men,</c>

00:52:29.659 --> 00:52:31.820
but<00:52:29.840><c> neither</c><00:52:30.059><c> one</c><00:52:30.219><c> of</c><00:52:30.320><c> them</c><00:52:30.440><c> were</c><00:52:30.619><c> weak</c><00:52:30.880><c> men.</c>

00:52:32.559 --> 00:52:34.139
And<00:52:32.739><c> the</c><00:52:32.960><c> importance</c><00:52:33.300><c> about</c><00:52:33.699><c> meekness</c>

00:52:34.139 --> 00:52:38.960
is<00:52:34.360><c> it</c><00:52:34.699><c> expresses</c><00:52:35.440><c> a</c><00:52:36.820><c> mind</c><00:52:37.059><c> that's</c><00:52:37.639><c> strong</c><00:52:37.840><c> enough,</c>

00:52:40.239 --> 00:52:42.480
a<00:52:40.420><c> mind</c><00:52:40.719><c> strong</c><00:52:41.099><c> enough</c><00:52:41.420><c> to</c><00:52:41.599><c> be</c><00:52:41.940><c> viable</c>

00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:45.579
and<00:52:43.119><c> pliable</c><00:52:43.659><c> by</c><00:52:44.260><c> divine</c><00:52:44.579><c> instruction,</c>

00:52:46.039 --> 00:52:49.800
a<00:52:46.320><c> mind</c><00:52:46.480><c> that</c><00:52:46.579><c> can</c><00:52:46.760><c> be</c><00:52:47.119><c> shaped</c><00:52:47.539><c> by</c><00:52:48.119><c> the</c><00:52:48.260><c> word</c><00:52:48.360><c> of</c><00:52:48.599><c> God.</c>

00:52:51.260 --> 00:52:55.239
It<00:52:51.840><c> comes</c><00:52:52.219><c> from</c><00:52:52.860><c> and</c><00:52:53.739><c> springs</c><00:52:54.079><c> from</c><00:52:54.380><c> knowledge</c><00:52:54.760><c> and</c><00:52:54.940><c> wisdom</c>

00:52:55.239 --> 00:52:56.019
in<00:52:55.440><c> the</c><00:52:55.460><c> word</c><00:52:55.619><c> of</c><00:52:55.760><c> God.</c>

00:52:56.059 --> 00:52:58.179
That's<00:52:56.280><c> where</c><00:52:56.480><c> the</c><00:52:56.760><c> meekness</c><00:52:57.440><c> comes</c><00:52:57.719><c> from.</c>

00:52:58.579 --> 00:53:01.239
And<00:52:58.679><c> as</c><00:52:58.840><c> a</c><00:52:58.940><c> person</c><00:52:59.199><c> exercises</c><00:52:59.800><c> his</c><00:53:00.159><c> or</c><00:53:00.659><c> her</c><00:53:00.880><c> mind</c>

00:53:01.239 --> 00:53:04.300
upon<00:53:01.519><c> the</c><00:53:01.760><c> matters</c><00:53:02.260><c> of</c><00:53:02.840><c> God's</c><00:53:03.340><c> word,</c>

00:53:04.639 --> 00:53:07.099
then<00:53:04.780><c> it</c><00:53:04.960><c> builds</c><00:53:05.119><c> within</c><00:53:05.420><c> them</c><00:53:05.679><c> a</c><00:53:05.860><c> spirit</c><00:53:05.980><c> of</c><00:53:06.199><c> humility,</c>

00:53:07.239 --> 00:53:09.440
a<00:53:07.460><c> gentleness,</c><00:53:08.199><c> a</c><00:53:08.400><c> meekness.</c>

00:53:09.900 --> 00:53:13.599
It's<00:53:10.179><c> those</c><00:53:10.579><c> who</c><00:53:10.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:53:11.340><c> desires</c><00:53:11.980><c> to</c><00:53:12.380><c> seek</c><00:53:12.599><c> him,</c>

00:53:13.699 --> 00:53:14.760
and<00:53:13.780><c> it</c><00:53:13.820><c> will</c><00:53:14.000><c> be</c><00:53:14.179><c> those</c><00:53:14.500><c> meek</c>

00:53:14.760 --> 00:53:16.880
that<00:53:14.880><c> will</c><00:53:15.119><c> ultimately</c><00:53:15.519><c> inherit</c><00:53:15.900><c> the</c><00:53:16.079><c> earth.</c>

00:53:17.659 --> 00:53:20.000
Such<00:53:18.340><c> an</c><00:53:18.599><c> attitude</c><00:53:18.840><c> produces</c><00:53:19.340><c> a</c><00:53:19.599><c> desire</c>

00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:22.619
for<00:53:20.480><c> seeking</c><00:53:21.000><c> after</c><00:53:21.920><c> righteousness</c>

00:53:22.619 --> 00:53:25.760
and<00:53:23.280><c> seeking</c><00:53:23.900><c> after</c><00:53:24.400><c> meekness,</c>

00:53:25.840 --> 00:53:26.900
which<00:53:25.900><c> are</c><00:53:26.019><c> the</c><00:53:26.139><c> other</c><00:53:26.300><c> two</c><00:53:26.519><c> appeals</c>

00:53:26.900 --> 00:53:29.000
that<00:53:27.099><c> are</c><00:53:27.179><c> made</c><00:53:27.320><c> at</c><00:53:27.500><c> the</c><00:53:27.500><c> end</c><00:53:27.639><c> of</c><00:53:27.719><c> verse</c><00:53:27.940><c> three.</c>

00:53:29.659 --> 00:53:32.039
There<00:53:29.900><c> will</c><00:53:30.219><c> be</c><00:53:30.599><c> a</c><00:53:30.840><c> faithful</c><00:53:31.199><c> remnant</c>

00:53:32.039 --> 00:53:33.920
that<00:53:32.780><c> will</c><00:53:33.000><c> respond</c><00:53:33.340><c> to</c><00:53:33.519><c> this</c><00:53:33.699><c> warning.</c>

00:53:33.980 --> 00:53:36.059
They<00:53:34.199><c> will</c><00:53:34.559><c> seek</c><00:53:34.820><c> righteousness,</c>

00:53:36.579 --> 00:53:40.099
which<00:53:36.880><c> implies</c><00:53:37.300><c> that</c><00:53:37.480><c> they</c><00:53:37.760><c> recognize</c><00:53:38.920><c> their</c><00:53:39.460><c> sinfulness</c>

00:53:40.099 --> 00:53:44.699
and<00:53:40.940><c> they</c><00:53:41.199><c> know</c><00:53:41.539><c> the</c><00:53:41.820><c> need</c><00:53:42.039><c> of</c><00:53:42.260><c> God's</c><00:53:42.699><c> forgiveness</c><00:53:43.239><c> and</c><00:53:43.780><c> mercy.</c>

00:53:45.280 --> 00:53:48.039
They<00:53:45.840><c> will</c><00:53:46.079><c> accept</c><00:53:46.500><c> his</c><00:53:46.719><c> offer</c><00:53:47.000><c> of</c><00:53:47.260><c> pardon,</c>

00:53:48.300 --> 00:53:50.239
and<00:53:48.480><c> they</c><00:53:48.500><c> will</c><00:53:48.739><c> seek</c><00:53:48.900><c> meekness.</c>

00:53:51.139 --> 00:53:53.699
That<00:53:51.300><c> is,</c><00:53:51.460><c> they</c><00:53:51.599><c> will</c><00:53:51.840><c> humble</c><00:53:52.099><c> themselves</c><00:53:52.599><c> before</c><00:53:53.099><c> him</c>

00:53:53.699 --> 00:53:56.039
by<00:53:54.199><c> trembling</c><00:53:54.559><c> at</c><00:53:54.820><c> his</c><00:53:55.059><c> word.</c>

00:53:56.639 --> 00:53:58.780
Such<00:53:56.860><c> faithful</c><00:53:57.239><c> ones,</c><00:53:57.480><c> it</c><00:53:57.659><c> says</c><00:53:57.840><c> there</c><00:53:58.019><c> at</c><00:53:58.179><c> the</c><00:53:58.360><c> end,</c>

00:53:59.179 --> 00:54:02.199
shall<00:53:59.300><c> be</c><00:53:59.659><c> hid</c><00:53:59.920><c> in</c><00:54:00.199><c> the</c><00:54:00.400><c> day</c><00:54:00.880><c> of</c><00:54:01.239><c> wrath.</c>

00:54:02.440 --> 00:54:03.820
You<00:54:02.559><c> know,</c><00:54:02.719><c> here's</c><00:54:03.059><c> the</c><00:54:03.340><c> expression</c>

00:54:03.820 --> 00:54:07.460
that's<00:54:04.179><c> an</c><00:54:04.340><c> allusion</c><00:54:05.099><c> to</c><00:54:05.559><c> Zephaniah's</c><00:54:06.960><c> name,</c>

00:54:07.840 --> 00:54:10.780
where<00:54:08.260><c> his</c><00:54:08.460><c> name</c><00:54:08.699><c> means</c><00:54:08.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:54:09.880><c> shall</c><00:54:10.280><c> hide,</c>

00:54:10.940 --> 00:54:12.880
or<00:54:11.179><c> Yahweh</c><00:54:11.659><c> hath</c><00:54:12.019><c> hid.</c>

00:54:13.119 --> 00:54:15.940
And<00:54:13.639><c> here</c><00:54:13.900><c> it</c><00:54:14.079><c> is,</c><00:54:14.320><c> those</c><00:54:14.880><c> that</c><00:54:15.280><c> seek</c><00:54:15.440><c> righteousness</c>

00:54:15.940 --> 00:54:19.280
and<00:54:16.219><c> seek</c><00:54:16.420><c> meekness</c><00:54:17.300><c> will</c><00:54:17.880><c> be</c><00:54:18.300><c> hid</c>

00:54:19.699 --> 00:54:22.000
in<00:54:20.219><c> the</c><00:54:20.380><c> day</c><00:54:20.500><c> of</c><00:54:20.739><c> Yahweh's</c><00:54:21.059><c> anger.</c>

00:54:22.500 --> 00:54:24.699
Even<00:54:22.659><c> among</c><00:54:22.980><c> widespread</c><00:54:23.519><c> corruption,</c>

00:54:24.820 --> 00:54:26.260
there<00:54:24.840><c> was</c><00:54:25.099><c> a</c><00:54:25.280><c> remnant</c><00:54:25.559><c> of</c><00:54:25.780><c> faithful</c><00:54:26.000><c> ones</c>

00:54:26.260 --> 00:54:28.179
that<00:54:26.599><c> existed</c><00:54:26.900><c> in</c><00:54:27.119><c> that</c><00:54:27.320><c> day,</c>

00:54:28.440 --> 00:54:30.440
and<00:54:28.679><c> here</c><00:54:28.820><c> was</c><00:54:29.059><c> their</c><00:54:29.219><c> message</c><00:54:29.599><c> of</c><00:54:29.940><c> comfort</c>

00:54:30.440 --> 00:54:32.639
and<00:54:30.980><c> encouragement</c><00:54:31.400><c> for</c><00:54:31.760><c> them.</c>

00:54:32.820 --> 00:54:34.659
In<00:54:32.960><c> their</c><00:54:33.199><c> time</c><00:54:33.380><c> of</c><00:54:33.679><c> greatest</c><00:54:33.980><c> need,</c>

00:54:35.119 --> 00:54:38.360
Yahweh<00:54:35.420><c> will</c><00:54:35.739><c> hide</c><00:54:36.019><c> them</c><00:54:36.199><c> under</c><00:54:36.460><c> the</c><00:54:36.739><c> shadow</c><00:54:36.940><c> of</c><00:54:37.119><c> his</c><00:54:37.300><c> wings,</c>

00:54:39.280 --> 00:54:40.539
for<00:54:39.340><c> in</c><00:54:39.500><c> the</c><00:54:39.559><c> words</c><00:54:39.760><c> of</c><00:54:39.920><c> the</c><00:54:40.139><c> psalmist,</c>

00:54:40.579 --> 00:54:42.079
he<00:54:40.659><c> will</c><00:54:40.840><c> set</c><00:54:40.980><c> them</c><00:54:41.159><c> up</c><00:54:41.320><c> upon</c><00:54:41.559><c> a</c><00:54:41.820><c> rock</c>

00:54:42.079 --> 00:54:43.780
out<00:54:42.360><c> of</c><00:54:42.579><c> reach</c><00:54:42.900><c> and</c><00:54:43.519><c> safe,</c>

00:54:43.900 --> 00:54:45.699
like<00:54:44.019><c> in</c><00:54:44.179><c> Psalm</c><00:54:44.360><c> 27,</c>

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where<00:54:46.159><c> David</c><00:54:46.400><c> writes,</c>

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One<00:54:46.780><c> thing</c><00:54:47.019><c> I</c><00:54:47.199><c> have</c><00:54:47.360><c> desired</c><00:54:47.739><c> of</c><00:54:48.000><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:54:48.840 --> 00:54:49.840
that<00:54:49.000><c> will</c><00:54:49.139><c> I</c><00:54:49.400><c> seek</c><00:54:49.579><c> after,</c>

00:54:49.920 --> 00:54:51.719
that<00:54:50.179><c> when</c><00:54:50.320><c> I</c><00:54:50.579><c> dwell</c><00:54:50.820><c> in</c><00:54:51.000><c> the</c><00:54:51.079><c> house</c><00:54:51.260><c> of</c><00:54:51.460><c> Yahweh</c>

00:54:51.719 --> 00:54:53.199
all<00:54:52.039><c> the</c><00:54:52.199><c> days</c><00:54:52.360><c> of</c><00:54:52.519><c> my</c><00:54:52.699><c> life,</c>

00:54:53.480 --> 00:54:54.659
to<00:54:53.519><c> behold</c><00:54:53.699><c> the</c><00:54:53.860><c> beauty</c><00:54:54.159><c> of</c><00:54:54.340><c> Yahweh</c>

00:54:54.659 --> 00:54:56.320
and<00:54:54.860><c> to</c><00:54:55.019><c> inquire</c><00:54:55.380><c> in</c><00:54:55.480><c> his</c><00:54:55.639><c> temple,</c>

00:54:56.500 --> 00:54:59.480
for<00:54:56.619><c> in</c><00:54:57.440><c> the</c><00:54:57.900><c> time</c><00:54:58.199><c> of</c><00:54:58.440><c> trouble</c><00:54:58.619><c> he</c><00:54:58.780><c> shall</c><00:54:59.000><c> hide</c><00:54:59.340><c> me,</c>

00:54:59.480 --> 00:55:02.059
in<00:54:59.639><c> his</c><00:54:59.860><c> pavilion,</c><00:55:00.340><c> in</c><00:55:00.440><c> the</c><00:55:00.659><c> secret</c><00:55:00.840><c> of</c><00:55:01.019><c> his</c><00:55:01.239><c> tabernacle,</c>

00:55:02.320 --> 00:55:04.880
shall<00:55:02.440><c> they</c><00:55:02.639><c> hide</c><00:55:02.800><c> me,</c><00:55:02.960><c> he</c><00:55:03.059><c> shall</c><00:55:03.179><c> set</c><00:55:03.380><c> me</c><00:55:03.539><c> up</c><00:55:03.719><c> upon</c><00:55:03.980><c> a</c><00:55:04.179><c> rock.</c>

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But<00:55:06.219><c> we</c><00:55:06.380><c> bring</c><00:55:06.519><c> this</c><00:55:06.820><c> first</c><00:55:07.079><c> class</c><00:55:07.440><c> to</c><00:55:07.699><c> a</c><00:55:07.820><c> close,</c>

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mindful,<00:55:08.739><c> brethren</c><00:55:08.840><c> and</c><00:55:09.059><c> sisters,</c>

00:55:09.360 --> 00:55:13.900
that<00:55:09.659><c> we</c><00:55:10.159><c> stand</c><00:55:10.639><c> on</c><00:55:10.900><c> the</c><00:55:11.139><c> verge</c><00:55:11.739><c> of</c><00:55:12.480><c> the</c><00:55:12.659><c> coming</c><00:55:12.940><c> day</c><00:55:13.219><c> of</c><00:55:13.500><c> Yahweh</c>

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with<00:55:14.519><c> the</c><00:55:14.699><c> return</c><00:55:14.960><c> of</c><00:55:15.199><c> Christ,</c>

00:55:16.599 --> 00:55:19.320
and<00:55:16.739><c> we</c><00:55:16.820><c> need</c><00:55:17.039><c> to</c><00:55:17.400><c> heed</c><00:55:17.599><c> these</c><00:55:18.139><c> same</c><00:55:18.619><c> appeals</c>

00:55:19.320 --> 00:55:22.980
so<00:55:20.260><c> that</c><00:55:20.400><c> we</c><00:55:20.440><c> might</c><00:55:20.659><c> be</c><00:55:20.880><c> diligent</c><00:55:21.159><c> to</c><00:55:21.480><c> seek</c><00:55:21.639><c> Yahweh,</c>

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seeking<00:55:23.480><c> righteousness</c><00:55:24.059><c> and</c><00:55:24.420><c> meekness,</c>

00:55:25.800 --> 00:55:28.679
and<00:55:25.920><c> thereby</c><00:55:26.199><c> heeding</c><00:55:26.619><c> the</c><00:55:26.860><c> appeal</c><00:55:27.059><c> of</c><00:55:27.239><c> our</c><00:55:27.400><c> Lord</c><00:55:27.579><c> and</c><00:55:27.860><c> Savior,</c>

00:55:28.920 --> 00:55:30.199
for<00:55:29.059><c> his</c><00:55:29.280><c> appeal</c><00:55:29.519><c> to</c><00:55:29.760><c> us</c><00:55:30.059><c> was,</c>

00:55:30.219 --> 00:55:32.400
Behold,<00:55:30.579><c> I</c><00:55:30.699><c> come</c><00:55:30.920><c> as</c><00:55:31.159><c> a</c><00:55:31.400><c> thief,</c>

00:55:32.480 --> 00:55:35.639
blessed<00:55:32.719><c> as</c><00:55:32.940><c> he</c><00:55:33.039><c> that</c><00:55:33.260><c> watcheth</c><00:55:33.739><c> and</c><00:55:33.940><c> keepeth</c><00:55:34.280><c> his</c><00:55:34.500><c> garments,</c>

00:55:35.679 --> 00:55:38.320
lest<00:55:35.780><c> he</c><00:55:35.940><c> walk</c><00:55:36.139><c> naked</c><00:55:36.539><c> and</c><00:55:36.719><c> there</c><00:55:36.940><c> see</c><00:55:37.059><c> his</c><00:55:37.320><c> shame.</c>

00:55:38.679 --> 00:55:41.039
But<00:55:39.159><c> we</c><00:55:39.400><c> will</c><00:55:39.639><c> endeavor</c><00:55:39.940><c> to</c><00:55:40.440><c> strengthen</c><00:55:40.679><c> our</c><00:55:40.920><c> effort</c>

00:55:41.039 --> 00:55:42.800
to<00:55:41.280><c> keep</c><00:55:41.400><c> our</c><00:55:41.639><c> garments</c><00:55:41.940><c> when</c><00:55:42.159><c> we</c><00:55:42.320><c> pick</c><00:55:42.380><c> it</c><00:55:42.500><c> up</c><00:55:42.659><c> here</c>

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in<00:55:42.920><c> our</c><00:55:43.079><c> second</c><00:55:43.280><c> class.</c>