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AFTER THE CALAMITY,
PURE SPEECH WILL FOLLOW.
Jehovah is about to pour out His indignation
upon nations gathered against Him. Those who survive shall speak with
"pure speech" just as it is written: "...they shall do no wrong
and utter no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue."
It implies that previously some among them had a deceitful tongue and spoke
lies. (Zeph 3:8-13 RSV).
"NATIONS WILL WORSHIP HIM,
EVERY MAN IN HIS OWN HOME." (2:11 NEB).
While it is unlikely that the
promised "pure speech" among survivors will follow immediately
after the outpouring of the righteous indignation of God, holy teachings will be
received at each "festival of the booths" within each nation,
where accurate knowledge of the Will of God shall be made known. (Zech
14:16-19). With this knowledge, families will be able to worship God with
"pure speech", "every man in his own home." Jehovah says,
"I will leave in you a people afflicted and poor". "Proud and arrogant"
ones will have been removed by God. (3:11,12 NEB).
NATIONS THAT JEHOVAH WILL STAND UP TO ACCUSE.
"Because of oil",
the burden of the tyrannical "yoke" upon people of God will be
removed, and will upset the worldwide activities of the political "wild
beast" that rules over the nations in opposition to the expressed Will
of God. (See Isaiah 10:27,28 NEB footnote)
(Rev 19:19,20 NEB). "Wait for Me,
therefore, says the LORD,
wait for the day when I stand up to accuse you; for mine it is to gather nations
and assemble kingdoms, to pour out on them My indignation, all the heat of My
anger; the whole earth shall be consumed by the fire of My jealousy."
(3:8 NEB).
Moab and Ammon (Jordan today), Cushites (Ethiopians today), Assyria (Iraq
today), Nineveh (northern Iraq), and Ashkelon and Gaza (the coastlands of
southern Israel) shall all be desolated. (2:4-13). Among the nations
being gathered for the Day of The Lord's anger are those described in 2 Esdras:
"Alas for you, Babylon and Asia! Alas for you, Egypt and Syria! Put on
sackcloth and hair-shirt, and raise a howl of lamentation for your sons; your
doom is close at hand." (16:1,2 NEB).
This prophecy of Ezra also describes in detail the order of events during the
Day of The Lord's anger. (See 2 Esdras 15:28 to 16:2).
JEHOVAH IS ABOUT TO "BRANDISH
HIS WHIP" AGAINST THE "ASSYRIAN".
Tyrant leaders of Iraq have recently
made public prime targets for their attack forces: Israel and enemy oil
fields. "Assyrian" types such as these are a weighty part of
Israel's "yoke". But to His people Jehovah has prophesied:
"My people who live in Zion, you must not be afraid of the Assyrians, though
they beat you with their rod and lift their staff against you as the Egyptians
did; for soon, very soon, My anger will come to an end, and My wrath will all be
spent. Then the LORD of
Hosts will brandish His whip over them as He did when He struck Midian at the
Rock of O'reb, and will lift His staff against the River as He did against
Egypt." (Isaiah 10:24-26
NEB).
To facilitate the ransoming of beloved people of
God being rescued from among nations of the "Assyrian", Jehovah
will "bring a scorching wind" to "dry up the tongue of
Egypt's sea" (the Nile) and "wave His hand over the River"
(the Euphrates) so much so that people will be able to cross
dry-shod. (Isaiah 11:15 Moffatt &
NEB).
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