The Sentence of Death: This section is only arbitrarily broken into subunits for the purpose of convenience. Actually it constitutes a whole in the form of a funerary lament, and it begins (v. 2) and ends (vv. 16–17) with wailing over the dead. In addition, the proclamation of the divine name begins (v. 3, Adonai Yahweh), divides (v. 8, Yahweh), and ends (v. 16, Yahweh Elohim Sebaoth Adonai) the lament. But the theme is the same throughout: Israel’s death, brought on by its failure to honor Yahweh by true worship and just dealings in its courts of law. Verses 2–3 and 11 presage the result of verse 17. Verses 4 and 6 anticipate verses 14–15. Verse 7 sounds the theme of verses 10–13 and 15. Verses 16–17 form the final sentence of death handed down by the divine judge because of all the sins …