Lecture 22

^4:22^ Thau. Your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion, he will no more carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will discover your sins.

88. Here he comforts the Jews.

And first, with their liberation: your iniquity is accomplished, purged by punishment; he will no more carry you away, for past sins, unless you repeat them. Her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven (Isa 40:2).

Second, with the punishment of their enemies: he will visit, like a judge or someone pursuing vengeance; he will discover, your sins, making them manifest through punishment. I have made Esau bare, I have revealed his secrets (Jer 49:10).