“Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.”
The final verse of the chapter—'So he poured upon him the heat of his anger and the might of his battle; it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand; it burned him, but he did not take it to heart'—describes the judgment of exile as divine fury from which Israel did not learn. The cascade of images (heat, anger, might, fire) emphasizes the intensity of judgment, while the repeated statement that Israel 'did not understand' and 'did not take to heart' diagnoses spiritual failure. The verse's final word suggests that exile has not yet produced repentance or spiritual awakening. This ending prepares for the next chapter's call to restoration despite Israel's continued stubbornness.
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