Lux Domini

2 Kings  23:27

And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

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Interpretation

Upon reading these verses, we must say, Lord, though your righteousness be as the great mountains, evident, plainly to be seen, and past dispute; yet your judgments are a great deep, unfathomable, and past finding out.

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This thought runs through 2 Kings 23:26-28.

2 Kings 23:26 2 Kings 23:27 2 Kings 23:28

Glossary

Jerusalem Place
Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.
City People
The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain ( Gen. 4:17 ). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12).