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{{Overview
|Chapter=11
|Verse Count=7
|Memorable Phrase=Trapped birds
|Memorable Icon=Bird net.png
|Purpose=To rebuke and exhort those who doubt YHWH's righteous rule.
|Content=Flee, because we are under attack, and YHWH will not protect us, the righteous. But I have sought refuge in YHWH, because YHWH is righteous, and he will protect the righteous.
|Message="YHWH is righteous" (v. 7a).
|Author=David
|Background Ideas=<ul><li>A trapped bird is an image for a besieged king (cf. ANET 288; Quine 2017).</li>
<li> Bows were a critical offensive weapon in a siege (see e.g., the 8th-7th century BC relief of the Assyrian siege of Lachish; cf. Eph'al 2013:87; Schwartz 2018:509).</li>
<li>Cities are protected by fortifications (e.g., walls and towers), which have foundations (e.g., Mic. 1:6), and a besieging army might attempt to destroy the foundations of these fortifications (cf. Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 6.15ff; Yadin 1963:16-20).</li>
<li>Metals are subjected to intense heat ("tested" בחן) both for the purpose of examining their quality and for the purpose of refining them (cf. Keel 1997:184]).</li></ul>
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|Chapter=11
|Memorable Icon=Bird net.png
|Memorable Phrase=Trapped birds
|Purpose=To rebuke and exhort those who doubt YHWH's righteous rule.
|Content=Flee, because we are under attack, and YHWH will not protect us, the righteous. But I have sought refuge in YHWH, because YHWH is righteous, and he will protect the righteous.
|Message="YHWH is righteous" (v. 7a).
|Author=David
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Revision as of 12:49, 7 January 2025


"Trapped birds"

Purpose: To rebuke and exhort those who doubt YHWH's righteous rule.

Content: Flee, because we are under attack, and YHWH will not protect us, the righteous. But I have sought refuge in YHWH, because YHWH is righteous, and he will protect the righteous.

Message: "YHWH is righteous" (v. 7a).

Author: David

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