Biblical Reading and Reflections: September 17th (Zephaniah 2 & Matthew 13:24—43)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Cities of the Philistines
The cities of the philistines are personified as women and consigned to four of the most bitter fates a woman can endure, abandonment, spinsterhood, divorce and barrenness. How we regard the place of verse four within the division of the chapter is a question worth considering. Its introduction suggests a reference back to mater a that preceded it. Perhaps the point is to describe the judgment about to fall upon the whole land as it approaches jerusalem. What then might happen to the daughter of zion is the unspoken question that motivates the call to seek away.
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