“Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.”
The coming shame: 'Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them, says the LORD.' This verse indicates that the people have lost the capacity for shame: 'they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush.' The consequence is that they 'will fall among the fallen' and 'will be brought down when I punish them.' The progression from spiritual corruption (loss of shame) to judgment (falling among the fallen) indicates that internal spiritual degradation precedes external military defeat. Theologically, this verse establishes that the loss of shame (moral sensitivity) is itself a kind of judgment, creating the condition for ultimate downfall.
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