12. With such judgments impending over the Jews, Jehovah Himself urges
them to repentance.
also now--Even now, what none could have hoped or believed
possible, God still invites you to the hope of salvation.
fasting . . . weeping . . . mourning--Their sin being most heinous
needs extraordinary humiliation. The outward marks of repentance are to
signify the depth of their sorrow for sin.
JFB.
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