The LORD has sent His word against Jacob and it will fall upon Israel—a shift from promise to judgment, as the focus turns to those among God's people who refuse to receive the messianic hope and persist in rebellion. The word of the LORD becomes an instrument of judgment against the stubborn resistance of those who have heard the promise yet reject it, establishing accountability within the community of the covenant. This transition reveals the two-sided nature of prophetic address: the same word that brings salvation to the faithful brings judgment to the resistant.

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