I will shew it to be iniquity, iniquity, iniquity: but this was not done till he came to whom judgment belongeth, and I will give it him.
בִּֽימִינ֞וֹ הָיָ֣ה ׀ הַקֶּ֣סֶם יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם לָשׂ֤וּם כָּרִים֙ לִפְתֹּ֤חַ פֶּה֙ בְּרֶ֔צַח לְהָרִ֥ים ק֖וֹל בִּתְרוּעָ֑ה לָשׂ֤וּם כָּרִים֙ עַל־שְׁעָרִ֔ים לִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ סֹלְלָ֖ה לִבְנ֥וֹת דָּיֵֽק׃
2 Church Fathers comment on this verse
I will address all forms of evil and injustice until His return, for He is deserving of it, and I will provide it to Him. The patience I have demonstrated towards the priesthood, even as the Jews have exploited it for greater sin and wrongdoing, will persist until my Son Christ arrives. To Him, the priesthood truly belongs, and I will entrust it to Him through the hands of John at the Jordan.
I will affirm the truth by laying him down. Consequently, I will bring judgment upon him for his wicked deeds. He further states: And this one will not be as before: until he arrives, I will surrender him to Him, delivering him up to Him. Although this siege may be more severe than previous ones, I will not completely extinguish the flicker of the royal lineage until he comes, the one deemed worthy to rule; to Him, I shall bestow the kingdom. This sentiment echoes the words of the blessed Paul: ‘Until the seed comes to whom the promise was made: the hand of the Mediator has brought forth the angelic message (Galatians 3:19).
Likewise, Jacob, while pronouncing blessings upon Judah, remarked, ‘The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from his descendants, until he comes to whom it belongs: and he is the expectation of nations (Genesis 49:10). Thus, we see here that the reign of the Lord Christ is to be understood in this context, as He says, And this One will not be as before, until He arrives, the one who is worthy, and I will deliver Him.
Jerusalem, having endured siege and desolation at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, faced even greater suffering from the Romans following the redemptive cross. After the initial conquest and the seventy years of exile, the city was rebuilt and returned to its former glory; however, post-redemptive cross, it faced complete ruin. The Jewish people could not even enter its borders due to prohibitions enacted by the law. Therefore, God declared, And this one will not be like the previous one, referring to what is to come; for I will safeguard the lineage until He arrives, the one deemed worthy, and I shall surrender it to Him. When He, to whom the promises pertain, appears, I will hand over the kingdom to Him, leading them to ultimate destruction. Following this, the prophecy directs its attention to the Ammonites, who, due to their animosity towards the Jews, rejoiced in their misfortunes.
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