Chapter 4

Present Evil (Judah): N/A

Present Call to Repentance (Judah): N/A

Future Judgment (Judah): 4:1

Future Deliverance (Judah): 4:2-6

Note that God will only deliver some of the people of Israel-"the survivors of Israel" (4:2); "he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem ... everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem" (4:3).

There will be a washing away and a purging of all the wrongdoing in Jerusalem--which sounds like God's wrath and destruction on the wrongdoers--followed by a permanent heaven on earth ("In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, etc." (4:2) and the cloud by day and fire by night and the shelter and refuge and protection of 4:5-6).

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