It was a judgment that purified. When the people would return from exile seventy years later, idolatry would never again be the problem it had been.
Minor Prophets: Zechariah, Vision Six
So far, you and I have read through five of those visions together, giving messages of reassurance and revealing God’s nature of mercy. The last three visions have a darker side, for they display God’s judgement against all that is wrong, corrupted, and evil—God’s disposition against the seriousness of sin.
1 John 3: You Know the Truth
John's reassurance held those who are begotten of God may become unsettled, but when our hearts condemn us, God does not, for God knows everything. God knows who we are.