~T,îa;w> ble_ bWJåmi WNroßy" yd:2b'[] hNEôhi bleê baeäK.mi ‘Wq[]c.Ti ~T,Ûa;w> `Wlyli(yET. x:Wrß rb,VeîmiW yr:êyxib.li ‘h['Wbv.li ~k,Ûm.vi ~T’x, .N:hiw> 65:10a 65:10b 65:10c 65:11a 65:11b 65:11c 65:11d 65:12a 65:12b 65:12c 65:12d 65:12e 65:12f 65:13a 65:13b 65:13c 65:13d 65:13e 65:13f 65:13g 65:14a 65:14b 65:14c 65:15a Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, And the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for my people who seek me. But you who forsake the Lord, who forget my holy mountain, who set7 a table for Fortune, and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny. I will destine8 you to the sword, and all of you will bow down to the slaughter; Because, when I called, you did not answer, when I spoke, you did not listen, But you did evil in my sight, And …show more content… 11-12, and vv. 13-16, according to the formal, linguistic, and thematic signals. First, the subunit in vv. 8-10 begins with the messenger formula hw"©hy> rm:åa' hKoå and focuses on the theme of the inheritance of the servants. Several expressions are employed to refer to the servants within vv. 8-10: yd:êb'[] (8e, 9d), [r:z ybeäz>[o (11a), ~yxiÞkeV.h; (11b, adjective), ~ykiÛr>[oh;¥ (11c), and ~yaiÞl.m;m.h;( (11d). The addressees are not the faithful servants but the rebellious idolaters who forsake the Lord. The structural coherence of vv. 11-12 is achieved by a chiastic pattern that contributes to the overall shape of the subunit: A. the rebellious behavior of the wicked (11a-d), B. the judgment of God (12a-b), A. the rebellious behavior of the wicked (12c-f).14 Moreover, the distant semantic parallelism further supports the unity of vv. 11 and 12: hw"ëhy> ybeäz>[o ‘~T,a;w> (11a) // `~T,(r>x;B. yTic.p;Þx'-al{) rv[)] links these verses tightly. Verse 16 is connected with the previous verse by the relative conjunction rv,’a,] which introduces a result clause. The Lord God is pronominalized as “I” and “my” in 13b, 13d, 13f, 14a, 16d; the wicked as “you” and “your” 13c, 13e, 13g, 14b, 15a, Show More
