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Questions
- In verse 13 Jacob is interpreting the quotation from Isaiah in verse 7. What does Jacob mean in this verse? Who is licking the dust of whose feet?
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Exegesis
In the context of Hebraic culture, it is clear that the dust of one's feet represents the condemnation of the world (John 13:5, see also Matt 10:14, Mark 6:11, Luke 9:5). Removing the dust from one's feet is akin to shaking the iniquities of the world from one's garments (2 Ne 9:44). In 2 Nephi 6, Jacob declares that Gentile kings and queens who bear up Israel will "lick up the dust of [the House of Israel's] feet" (2 Ne 6:7) and that the Gentiles who fight against Zion will do the same (2 Ne 6:13). One possible interpretation of these verses is that the Lord will use both Israel's allies and her enemies to cleanse her from the stains of the world. In affliction as well as in triumph, Israel will be lifted out of Babylon.
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