254 The Fmidamentals of Jerusalem should be troubled (Isa. 32 :10, 16-20)r; and that the righteous in Zion should see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, and return and come with singing (Isa. 33 :17-24; 35 :4, 10) ; but that Sennacherib on the contrary should hear tidings and return without shooting an arrow into the city (Isa. 37 :7, 26-29, 33-35) . In like manner after the siege o f Jerusalem by Sennache rib, 701 B. C., the prophet continued to predict; and, in order to demonstrate to the suffering remnant about him the deity of Jehovah and the folly of idolatry, pointed to the predic tions which he had already made in the earlier years of his ministry, and to the fact that they had been fulfilled. For example, he saysr: In chapter 41 :21-23, 26 ff. : "Who hath declared it from the beginning that we may know, and beforetime that we may say, He is right?" In chapter 42:9, 23: "Behold the former things are come to pass and new things do I declare ; before they spring forth I tell you of them." In chapter 43 :9, 12: "Who among them can declare this and show us former thingsr? [i. e., things to come in the im mediate future.] I have declared, and I have saved and I have showed." In chapter 44:7, 8, 27, 28: "Who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it? . . . The things that are coming and that shall come to pass, let them [the idols] declare. Have not I declared unto thee of old and showed it? And ye are My witnesses. . . . That saith of Cyrus, He is My shepherd, and shall perform all My pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, she shall be built; and of the temple, thy foundation shall be laid." In chapter 45 :1-4, 1 1 , 21r: "It is I Jehovah, who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel. . . . I have called thee by thy name : I have surnamed thee though thou hast not known Me. • . • Ask of Me the things that are to come.
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