“For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.”
The declaration that judgment begins with the city that bears God's name emphasizes that the covenant city receives judgment first and most severely. The progression from covenant city to all others shows the order of judgment but also the comprehensiveness. The statement that they think they will escape is a denunciation of false hope. The verse emphasizes that proximity to God's presence does not exempt from judgment.
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