After the prophecy that Jesus quotes, the chapter goes on to speak on how those who trust God will be blessed. There is coming a day and in some ways it has already begun that we will know God's blessings. This ultimately will be a new heaven and a new earth, but in the meantime we can and will see God move in awesome ways in our lives. He will clothe us with His salvation.
In the middle of this chapter it is said that God hates robbery and iniquity. Often people want to think about these things as what others do. The criminal is the robber. The bad person does iniquity. However, if we look closely we may find that we are also robbers and those who do iniquity. For just one example, God accused Israel of robbery since they weren't faithful in giving. Let's make sure we keep our lives right before God and to repent when we fail.
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