Chapter 2 – FAMILIA MUNDIAL
1 [17] The priests stood in the open space between the outdoor altar of holocausts and the temple building, facing the latter in order thereby to look toward God present in the holy of holies.
2 [20] The northerner: the locusts, that are compared to an invading army, which in Palestine came from the north; cf ⇒ Jeremiah 1:14-15; ⇒ 4:6; ⇒ Ezekiel 26:7; ⇒ 38:6, ⇒ 15.
3 [23] The teacher of justice: the rain sent by God to show his fidelity to his promises, and to teach his people to be faithful to his commandments; cf ⇒ Deut 11:14. There is also a play on words here between the Hebrew word moreh (teacher) and the Hebrew word yoreh (the early rain). The expression likewise had a messianic connotation; cf ⇒ Isaiah 30:20. The founder of the Essene sect of Qumran (second century B.C.) was known as «The Teacher of Justice.»