past (camouflaged as future), but decidedly the present. 3. The future stands under the aegis of God’s freedom (2:14*). The same end-time theophany (2:10–11*; 4:15*, 16a*) can have two entirely opposite effects: destruction of Jerusalem (2:1–9*) or judgment on the world of nations (4:1–3*, 9–14*, [19*]) with deliverance and renewal of Jerusalem (3:1–5*; 4:16b*, 17*, [18*, 20–21*]). At the decisive midpoint of the text, therefore, the contemporary hearer can be called to