3:1-5 Guard Your Heart Moral and spiritual decadence that consumes a society can impact the inner chambers of the heart. It is critically important to guard our hearts in such circumstances. The Lord will purify a remnant that is humble and teachable. We have much to learn from the most humble and vulnerable in our midst.
3:11-20 The Promise of Restoration These verses describe the return of the remnant after the 70-year Babylonian exile. This is a foreshadowing of God’s final redemption of his creation, of which the Messianic Banquet is a centerpiece. This is the promise that suffering and disability will soon disappear!