The general assessment: 'A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.' This verse offers a summary judgment: what has occurred in Judah is 'horrible and shocking'—an assessment that applies both to the apostasy and to the social injustice that accompanies it. Theologically, this verse invites the reader to concur in the prophetic judgment: what is described is indeed terrible and demands God's response.

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