The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, 1905, Vol. 21 (Classic Reprint)
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University of Chicago; Dept Literatures
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1330197127
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9781330197127
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Excerpt from The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, 1905, Vol. 21
This section falls into three strophes of 12+12+4 lines, of prevailingly tetrameter movement. The parallelism is unusually regular, and there is apparently a grouping of the couplets in pairs, the first and second strophes consisting of three such pairs, and the fourth, which is the climax of the piece, having but one pair.
Strophe I (vss. 8-12) represents Israel as blindly losing herself among the nations, arrogantly rejecting Yahweh, thereby challenging his punishment, and fluttering hither and thither like a silly dove, only to be caught in the net.
Strophe II (vss. 13-16) announces Yahweh's message of destruction to her since she has been false toward him, desirous of only material pleasures, and ungratefully regardless of all his mercies; her proud princes shall fall by the sword.
Strophe III (8:1-3) graphically announces the approaching onslaught of Assyria, and the panic-stricken appeal of Israel to Yahweh who will no longer help her.
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This section falls into three strophes of 12+12+4 lines, of prevailingly tetrameter movement. The parallelism is unusually regular, and there is apparently a grouping of the couplets in pairs, the first and second strophes consisting of three such pairs, and the fourth, which is the climax of the piece, having but one pair.
Strophe I (vss. 8-12) represents Israel as blindly losing herself among the nations, arrogantly rejecting Yahweh, thereby challenging his punishment, and fluttering hither and thither like a silly dove, only to be caught in the net.
Strophe II (vss. 13-16) announces Yahweh's message of destruction to her since she has been false toward him, desirous of only material pleasures, and ungratefully regardless of all his mercies; her proud princes shall fall by the sword.
Strophe III (8:1-3) graphically announces the approaching onslaught of Assyria, and the panic-stricken appeal of Israel to Yahweh who will no longer help her.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
