xiv.
and ch.viii., and indeed throughout the writings of the prophets.
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In the time of the king Messiah, idols were to be cut off, and utterly to perish from the earth; as it is said in Zechariah, ch.

xiii., and so in Isaiah, ch.ii., it is written, 'And the glory of idols shall utterly pass away;' and so in Zephaniah, ch.ii., 'The Lord shall be terrible among them, when he shall make lean (i.e., bring to nothing) all the gods of the earth; and all the countries of the nations shall bow themselves to Him, each out of his place.' "4.

In the times of the Messiah, there shall obtain no more sins and crimes in the earth, especially among the children of Israel, as is affirmed in Deut.xxx., Zephaniah, ch.

iii and in Jeremiah, ch.