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21:31–32 The fire of the Lord’s fury reflects the covenant curses. Fire was a symbol of divine judgment (Dt 28:24; 32:22). 22:1–2 Seven times in this prophecy (vv. 1–16) the words blood or bloodshed occur, suggesting that the crimes against God’s covenant were routine as well as thoroughgoing in Jerusalem. Rabbinic tradition relates this oracle to Manasseh’s shedding of innocent blood in Jerusalem (2Kg 21:6). As in Ezk 18, the catalogue of crimes listed here derives especially from the Holiness Code
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