Isaiah 2:6 meaning and explanation
For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
Isaiah 2:6, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah has just pictured the nations streaming to Zion, and now he speaks as a prophet in prayer about Judah's real condition. He gives the reason for the judgment that follows: the people have taken up divination from the east, practiced soothsaying like the Philistines, and struck hands with foreigners, a gesture of sealing a bargain or alliance.
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