This is meant only as a general assertion, and is the general impression left by the Prophetical books. There are, in this as in other respects, various grades perceptible between the different Prophets. The prophetical Jahveistic idea is not so powerful and exclusive in all as in the Babylonian Isaiah. Footnote 698: ‘I am I’ (hû being equivalent to the verb _to be_)='I am who I am.'—TR. Footnote 699: See Kuenen, _Religion of Israel_, III. 41. Footnote 700: Bunsen must be named as the writer who lays the most stress on the importance of this anî anî hû, bringing this formula into connexion with the metaphysical definition of the idea of Jahveh (_God in History_, I. p. 74 _et seq._). Lessing’s ‘Nur euer Er heisst Er’ (only _your_ He is called He, _Nathan der Weise_, I. 4) is with justice adduced by Bunsen. Footnote 701: B. Constant de Rebecque, _Du Polythéisme Romain_, II. 102, quoted by Buckle, _Civilisation_, II. 303. Footnote 702: It is best to read with Gesenius miḳḳesem for miḳḳedem. Footnote 703: Hosea XIV. 4 [3] must also be noted, where the alliance with Assyria is condemned in the words ‘Asshur will not save us; we shall not ride on horses.’ See also Zech. IX. 10, X. 5, Micah V. 9 [10]. Footnote 704: See Ezek. XXXVII. 15–28. Footnote 705: See on the other side Zunz in the _Zeitsch. d. D. M. G._, 1873, p. 688, thesis 14 _et seq._ Footnote 706: These two passages (Mic. VI. 4 and Mal. III. 22 [IV. 4]) appears not to have been noticed by Michel Nicolas in his '_Etudes critiques sur la Bible_,' Paris 1862, I. 351, where he says of Moses, ‘Son nom ne se trouve que deux fois dans les écrits des prophètes qui sont parvenus jusqu'à nous—(_Esaie_, LXIII. 12; _Jér._ XV. 1).’ Footnote 707: I have given particular prominence to this on account of the opposite view taken by Max Müller in his _Chips_, I. 361 _et seq._ Footnote 708: His fondness for humanising God by anthropomorphic expressions is the only feature, the reasons for which are not patent. Footnote 709: See Knobel, _Die Bücher Numeri, Deuteronomium und Josua_, pp. 539, 554. Footnote 710: See Knobel, _Die Bücher etc._, p. 529. Footnote 711: The relative clause is dependent upon _Debharîm_ only. Footnote 712: See Knobel, _Die Bücher etc._, p. 579. ----- CHAPTER X. _THE HEBREW MYTH IN THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY._