I will stand in your heart as fierce as the lion of Judah, as strong as the temple we shall build. |
God's church, the southern kingdom of Judah, is being threatened by the Chaldeans. |
The birthright promises were passed down through Joseph, through his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, but the scepter promises came through Judah. |
But by the time Judah rose to be Patriarch of Judea, under the reign of the Antonine emperor Marcus Aurelius, relations with Rome had eased. |
By 724 BC the leprous king Uzziah of Judah had not been seen for a while and finally in that year he died. |
Babylon's aggression is portrayed as a hot wind that will blow across Judah, rendering fruitful land barren and laying waste to cities. |