“Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?”
Shall we again break your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be angry with us until you destroyed us, leaving no remnant, no survivors? The prayer poses a rhetorical question that articulates the logical consequence of renewed covenant violation: if intermarriage represents a breaking of divine commandment, and if previous covenant violations led to exile and destruction, then renewed intermarriage will provoke divine judgment that may result in complete destruction of the community. This verse demonstrates the prophetic logic that covenantal violation will inevitably result in divine judgment.
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