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^NTow it is certain that Gehenna (Hell) was still 

 looked on as a place in which the wicked were to 

 be tormented by fire. So the Jerusalem Targum 

 •on Gen. 15:17, represents it as sparkling and 

 flaming with fire, into which the wicked fall. 

 And the Targum upon Eccl. 9:15, speaks of the 

 fire of Hell; and chapter 8:10, of the wicked who 

 .shall go to be burned in Hell. " 



Dr. Adam Clark tells us in his comment on 

 Isa. 33:14, "The Targum on this verse is worthy 

 of notice: ' The sinners in Zion are broken 

 down; fear hath seized the ungodly, who are suf- 

 fering from their ways. They say, Who among 

 us shall dwell in Zion, where the splendor of the 

 Divine Majesty is like a consuming fire? Who 

 of us shall dwell in Jerusalem, where the ungodly 

 .are judged and delivered into hell for an eternal 

 burning?'" 



Reimensnyder says: " It is still perfectly clear 

 that The Talmud enjoins eternal punishment. 

 There are a number of passages which affirm it 

 .so definitely that even many of its opponents are 

 •constrained to admit that they cannot be ex- 

 plained away, (p. 155.) 



We will give a few extracts from The Talmud 

 w-hich can be taken in no other sense but as sup- 

 porting the doctrine of endless torment. Thus it 

 will be seen to be a tenet known and taught by 

 the Jews. 



