“And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.”
When the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept. — The people's response to divine judgment indicates immediate emotional recognition of their covenant failure, establishing Bokim as a site of national contrition. The verb 'wept' denotes genuine mourning and lament rather than mere tearfulness, suggesting that the community grasped the spiritual gravity of their situation. Yet the text immediately qualifies this emotional response, suggesting that feeling and amendment diverged.
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