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Shall remain before me, saith the LORD,
So shall your seed and your name remain.

The Fearful Fate of the Apostates (66: 23 f.)

23. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to
another,

And from one sabbath to another,
Shall all flesh come to worship

Before me, saith the LORD.

24. And they shall go forth, and look

Upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed

against me:

For their worm shall not die,

Neither shall their fire be quenched;

And they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

22. The Jewish race and name will be as eternal as the new heavens and the new earth.

23. All flesh: probably all (faithful) Jews, as in Joel 2: 28. A weekly or monthly pilgrimage to Jerusalem from the ends of the earth is manifestly impossible.

24. It is no doubt in the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, the earthly antitype of Gehenna (hell), that the faithful are to be conceived as going out to view the burning carcases of their apostate brethren, whose torment appears to be regarded as eternal. The carcases are an object of abhorrence to all flesh, but, in accordance with the general temper of the Old Testament, the faithful no doubt look upon them with a certain satisfaction, finding in them a vivid confirmation of their sorely tried faith in the divine government of the world (cf. Mal. 3: 18). "It is sad," remarks Duhm, "that the book which contains much of what is most glorious, exalted, significant, and pious in the Old Testament, should now end with such a demonic discord." There is much to suggest that the passage is later than its context perhaps indeed very late.

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