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exile someone (from something) (to something) to force someone to leave something or some place and go to something or some place, often as a punishment for political reasons. The government exiled him from his hometown to an island off the coast of South America. They exiled Gerald to another country. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Finally, after the Lord God identifies himself as exilic Isaiah's YHWH, who is both "beginning" and "end" (Isa 44:6; 48:12), form follows content, and the passage ends as it began, "who is and who was and who is to come. This exilic critique of kings is also, in turn, part of the great biblical message affirming human equality and dignity, and it speaks a powerful egalitarian word to any age. Rooted in the exilic experience of ancient Israel, it uses wounding |
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