“I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.”
YHWH announces that just as the faithless chose their own ways and their soul delighted in abominations, YHWH will choose harshness and bring upon them what they fear most. The mirroring structure—they chose abominations, YHWH chooses harshness—indicates that divine judgment matches human rebellion. The promise to bring upon them what they fear indicates divine knowledge of the faithless' inner terror. The verse articulates cosmic justice: the order established by human choice generates the disorder experienced in judgment. This verse asserts that rebellion and judgment are organically connected: choice generates consequence.
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