2 Nephi 13:16-24

Brant Gardner

Not only are the men of Israel guilty of adopting the things of the world, but so are the women of Israel. Isaiah describes articles of clothing that were associated with the more wealthy, and indicates that these trappings of wealth will be removed. The humiliation of war will affect the women as well as the men.

The women will be humiliated, but the men will die. These were all part of the real aftermath of the Assyrian invasion in many parts of Judah, and certainly in Israel, the northern kingdom of the ten tribes which had been completely conquered.

Isaiah personifies Jerusalem. Her gates become the symbolic representation of the whole, and of course, Jerusalem stands for all of Judah. Thus, all of Judah mourns this destruction.

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