Women of Note in the Old Testament
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and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this
book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled
against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of
this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning
us.”
2 Kings 22:13
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Through Huldah the Lord sent Josiah word that Jerusalem’s ruin
could not be averted. Even should the people now humble themselves
before God, they could not escape their punishment. So long had their
senses been deadened by wrongdoing that, if judgment should not
come upon them, they would soon return to the same sinful course.
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“Tell the man that sent you to me,” the prophetess declared, “Thus
saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the
inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of
Judah hath read: because they have forsaken me, and have burned
incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all
the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against
this place, and shall not be quenched.”
Verses 15-17
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But because the king had humbled his heart before God, the Lord
would acknowledge his promptness in seeking forgiveness and mercy.
To him was sent the message: “Because thine heart was tender, and
thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I
spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they
should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes,
and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. Behold
therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered
into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I
will bring upon this place.”
Verses 19, 20
.—RH, July 29, 1915.
Esther
Book of Esther
Esther was a beautiful Jewish girl, cousin of Mordecai, who took
her into his home after her parents died, and loved her as his own
daughter. God used her to save the Jewish people in the land of Persia
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In ancient times the Lord worked in a wonderful way through
consecrated women who united in His work with men whom He had
chosen to stand as His representatives. He used women to gain great