1:2 Despite Israel’s rejection of Jerusalem as the only appropriate place of worship, that was still the place from which God’s voice of judgment issued to all the earth. Carmel. Perhaps an allusion to the encounter between the Lord and Baal, when the Lord struck the top of Mount Carmel with fire, demonstrating that he alone is the true God (1 Kings 18:36–39). 1:2 The power of God’s word in judgment anticipates the power of Christ’s word, both in his first coming and in his second coming (John 12:48–50;