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Isaiah 5:13

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Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge; Their honorable men are famished, And their multitudes are parched with thirst.

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Jerusalem, the capital of Judah and center of its worship at the temple, represents the covenant community addressed by Isaiah. Its coming exile and loss reflect God’s judgment on a people whose lack of spiritual knowledge and refusal to heed him have led them toward ruin.

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Isaiah 5:13 mentions Jerusalem.

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