Verse 9
"It is thy destruction, O Israel, that thou art against me, against thy help."
In a sense, Israel was their own destruction. God is the Father of mercies, but all who rebel against God cause, and are responsible for, their own everlasting destruction; and, not only was this true of ancient Israel, it is likewise true of all today who choose to follow the ways of vanity and wickedness. "The word for `destruction' here is used by the writer of Genesis 6:17; 9:15 with reference to the Flood with its utter and complete destruction."[17] "Although there are textual problems here, the meaning is clear: by rebelling against the God who was always willing to help his people, Israel had brought about her own destruction."[18] As Butler put it:
"Man's sin, judgment, sentence, and destruction are not, in themselves, from God, but from man's moral choice to rebel against God. Whoever casts himself against the Rock of Ages will destroy himself" (Matthew 21:42-44).[19]
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