Has God knocked them to the groundas he knocked down those who hit them? Oh, no.Were they killedas their killers were killed? Again, no.He was hard on them all right. The exile was a harsh sentence.He blew them away on a fierce blast of wind.But the good news is that through this experienceJacob’s guilt was taken away.The evidence that his sin is removed will be this:He will tear down the alien altars,take them apart stone by stone,And then crush the stones into graveland clean out all the sex-and-religion shrines.For there’s nothing left of that pretentious grandeur.Nobody lives there anymore. It’s unlivable.But animals do just fine,browsing and bedding down.And it’s not a bad place to get firewood.Dry twigs and dead branches are plentiful.It’s the leavings of a people with no sense of God.So, the God who made themWill have nothing to do with them.He who formed them will turn his back on them.