YHWH in 2:18–27. However, this introductory phrase likely functions as a sequential indicator, which would suggest that the events mentioned in 3:1–5[2:28–32] follow the restoration of 2:18–27.4 The gift of material restoration is then the first stage, which YHWH then supplements with the outpouring of his spirit. Other occurrences of אַחֲרֵי־כֵן (“after this”) signify temporal sequence (Gen 41:31; 1 Sam 24:9[8]; 2 Sam 2:1; 2 Chr 20:35; Jer 16:16; 34:11).5 A similar introduction is found in Isa
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