“Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.”
Threefold hair division specifies judgment form for each population segment: one-third burned (fire-death during siege), one-third struck with sword (warfare violence), one-third scattered to wind (exile dispersion). Comprehensive judgment untouches no population segment; all experience YHWH's wrath in differentiated forms.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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