The word in vv. 9-10 indicates that there would be no way for the people of Israel to be healed and recovered. Except for the word concerning the holy seed in v. 13, the prophetic warning in vv. 9-13, given in approximately 758 B.C., has been fulfilled. It was fulfilled beginning in about 605 B.C. by the Babylonian invasion and captivity (2 Kings 24, 2 Kings 25). This warning was quoted by the Lord Jesus in Matt. 13:14-15, and again by the apostle Paul in Acts 28:25-27, as a reminder to the rebellious and stubborn Jews under their ministry. Both the Lord’s reminding and the apostle’s reminding were fulfilled in A.D. 70 by the Roman army under Titus (Matt. 23:37-38; 24:2). Furthermore, after A.D. 70 this warning has been fulfilled throughout the centuries.
