{"id":64805,"date":"2019-10-26T12:23:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T09:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=64805"},"modified":"2023-05-21T15:36:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T12:36:54","slug":"prophecy-against-the-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/prophecy-against-the-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Prophecy Against The King"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[391,568,835],"acf":{"old_id":"64805","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":64700,"related_cahpter":"336","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Uzziah is not mentioned by name - but who else had horses, treasures and idols?","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though not mentioned by name or title anywhere in the chapter, it is the king and his arrogance and misdeeds that are the focus of the 2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> chapter. The core idea of the chapter is God\u2019s greatness, contrasted with the smallness of humanity, an idea that is conveyed through the two refrains that each appear three times in the chapter (2:9, 11, 17 \u2013 the haughty person will be lowered; 2:10, 19, 21 \u2013 humanity will hide when awestruck by God\u2019s grandeur).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This prophecy lists many examples of things that exalt God, mostly selected because of their impressive size: the cedars of Lebanon, the oaks of the Bashan, the tall mountains, boats of Tarshish, and towers and walls (2:12-16). Towers and walls are especially selected because the King\u2019s vast military and economic successes were captured in his tumbling the walls of his enemies and his constructing many towers across his kingdom (2 Chronicles 26:6-9).\u00a0 The prophet slyly tells the king: you may think highly of yourself because of your control over walls and towers \u2013 but the Almighty is far greater than they, and so you should lower yourself and cower in humility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The start of the prophecy also deftly implicates the king without mentioning his name.\u00a0 An unnamed individual is excoriated for having no end to his horses, treasurers, and idols (2:7-8), the very same things that are associated with a king (1 Kings 10:18-11:1), which the king is warned not to amass (Deuteronomy 17:16-17). The implication is clear: the king is taking the nation in the wrong direction, and he must change his ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kingdom of Judah lived at a time of great prosperity \u2013 indeed, Uzziah achieves wealth and territorial expansion that none of his successors would achieve \u2013 while serving as king for more than five decades. It was an opportunity for the king to direct the nation towards study of Torah teaching (2:3), and pursuit of a legacy of justice (2:4). 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