One of the most amazing and well-known prophecies in the Old Testament is found in chap. 37. Few other passages have suffered more from the extremes of interpreters who see either too much or too little in both meaning and application of the figures, symbols, and types. This passage employs an apocalyptic form, the use of which was on the rise in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C.58 This literature presented its message in symbols and visions
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