Rhetoric: This verse is a transition from the fate of Yahweh’s enemies to the next, and more important, theme, the spiritual application of these principles.
Text: Although the current text places a chapter break at this point, the 1830 edition does not. It is important to consider this discourse as a whole, for our current chapter 3 contains the real message of Benjamin’s discourse. Up to this point, he has explained and interpreted his audience’s own past so that he can now present them with their future.