2 Ne 7:1-5
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Questions
- v. 2: To whom is the Lord speaking in this verse and the next? To what time is the Lord referring when he says, “When I came, there was no man"? Who was absent? Who didn’t hear him? After speaking to them of his power to redeem and deliver, what might Israel think of when he mentions his power to dry up the sea?
- vv. 4-9: There are two interpretations of these verses. According to one, the Lord is speaking; according to the other, Isaiah is speaking. What do we learn if we think of this as Isaiah speaking? What do we learn if we think of it as the Lord?
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Exegesis
- v. 1: The Lord addresses Israel as if it were a child: Have I cast you off, or divorced your mother, or sold you? Fathers in dire circumstances have sometimes had to sell their children to satisfy their creditors. (See 2 Kgs 4:1 and Neh 5:5), but the Lord has no such creditors. Though Israel has been separated from the Father, the separation isn’t permanent. It is a consequence of their unrighteousness.
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