jarring, but Stulman explains how they relate to the poetry. The poetry “depicts the coming judgment in thick, mythic terms, whereas the temple sermon gives concrete shape to the coming destruction.”9 The sermon fixates on one subject like a dog with a bone: sinful worship is the cause of the nation’s fall. It simplifies causes that take multiple shapes in the poetry. The temple sermon divides into two parts: Sinful Practices within the Temple (7:1–15) and Sinful Worship in Jerusalem (7:16–8:3).