14 Come unto me, O ye house of Israel, and it shall be made manifest unto you how great things the Father hath laid up for you, from the foundation of the world; and it hath not come unto you, because of unbelief.
15 Behold, when ye shall rend that veil of unbelief which doth cause you to remain in your awful state of wickedness, and hardness of heart, and blindness of mind, then shall the great and marvelous things which have been hid up from the foundation of the world from you—yea, when ye shall call upon the Father in my name, with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, then shall ye know that the Father hath remembered the covenant which he made unto your fathers, O house of Israel.
Here is the same passage without versification:
Come unto me, O ye house of Israel, and it shall be made manifest unto you how great things the Father hath laid up for you, from the foundation of the world; and it hath not come unto you, because of unbelief. Behold, when ye shall rend that veil of unbelief which doth cause you to remain in your awful state of wickedness, and hardness of heart, and blindness of mind, then shall the great and marvelous things which have been hid up from the foundation of the world from you—yea, when ye shall call upon the Father in my name, with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, then shall ye know that the Father hath remembered the covenant which he made unto your fathers, O house of Israel.
And here is the same passage structured into the proposed chiasmic structure:
A | Come unto me, O ye house of Israel, | ||
B | and it shall be made manifest unto you how great things the Father hath laid up for you, from the foundation of the world; | ||
C | and it hath not come unto you, because of unbelief. | ||
C' | Behold, when ye shall rend that veil of unbelief which doth cause you to remain in your awful state of wickedness, and hardness of heart, and blindness of mind, | ||
B' | then shall the great and marvelous things which have been hid up from the foundation of the world from you— | ||
A' | yea, when ye shall call upon the Father in my name, with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, then shall ye know that the Father hath remembered the covenant which he made unto your fathers, O house of Israel. |
Observe that A, B and C refer to the past, while A', B' and C' refer to a possible future. In the past, God has kept many truths from the house of Israel because of unbelief. A promise is made that these things will be made known to the house of Israel if they will believe.
I really like how "Come unto me" in A is amplified by "when ye shall call upon the Father in my name, with a broken heart and a contrite spirit" in A'. In the same way, "unbelief" in C is amplified by "which doth cause you to remain in your awful state of wickedness, and hardness of heart, and blindness of mind" in C'. "great things the Father hath laid up for you" in B is "great and marvelous things which have been hid up" in B'. Not only has the Father laid them up, but has hid them because of unbelief.
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