Verse 5
No one had compassion on Jerusalem but abandoned her because she was an unwanted child. A common method of disposing of unwanted children in the ancient Near East, especially girls, was to abandon them to the elements. [Note: See Pritchard, ed., Ancient Near . . ., p. 119; Zimmerli, p. 338; Wevers, p. 121; and Greenberg, p. 275.] When the Israelites entered the land in Joshua’s day, they did not take Jerusalem (Joshua 15:63).
Be the first to react on this!
