vi Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Isaiah. 87 



example (Sety/xa), suffering the vengeance (8iK^v) of 

 eternal fire." 1 



Moreover, although the prophecy now quoted from 

 Ezekiel is probably the most remarkable special pro- 

 phecy of restoration in any part of the Old Testament, 

 excepting " the great prophecy of Israel's restoration " 

 in the second part of Isaiah, yet it does not by any 

 means stand alone. The 48th and 49th chapters of 

 Jeremiah consist of denunciations of wrath against 

 Moab and Ammon ; but they thus end : " Yet will I 

 bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, 

 saith the Lord." "But afterward will I bring again 

 the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the 

 Lord." As in the case of Sodom, these prophecies 

 admit of only a spiritual fulfilment, because Moab 

 and Ammon have long ceased to exist as nations. 



In like manner the 19th chapter of Isaiah is 

 entitled " The burden of Egypt," and is chiefly filled 

 with denunciations of wrath ; but at the end comes 

 a promise of the return of the Egyptians to the true 

 worship of God; and the Prophet goes on: "And 

 the Lord shall smite Egypt, smiting and healing ; 

 and they shall return unto the Lord, and He shall 

 be entreated of them, and shall heal them." In con- 

 clusion, Egypt, and that other great embodiment of 

 godless might, Assyria, are set on an equality with 

 the chosen people of God : " In that day shall Israel 

 be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing 

 in the midst of the earth ; for that the Lord of 

 1 Jude 7. 



