Hosea, Amos, Micah, Title

1. Babylon (chs. 13—14:23). The word used to describe the message against a nation is massa (aF'm;). It probably comes from the root meaning to lift up and therefore means a burden. It usually is associated with doom and judgment. It is strange that the prophecy headed “the burden of Babylon” does not mention Babylon until v. 19. ................
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