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  maiden which cometh forth ... ...,  (then) shall say, &c. This use of the perfect consecutive is especially frequent after a participle introduced by, e.g. f.; with a different subject , ; after a complete noun-clause introduced by  (cf. § 140),  behold, I come (i.e. if I shall come)... ...,  (then) shall say, &c.;  ff., ,  f., 39:6.

(ζ) After an infinitive absolute, whether the infinitive absolute serves to strengthen the finite verb (see ), e.g., or is used as an emphatic substitute for a cohortative or imperfect (§ 113 dd and ee), e.g. , , , f.

(η) After an infinitive construct governed by a preposition (for this change from the infinitive construction to the finite verb, cf. ), e.g.  (prop. until my coming) and show thee, &c.;, , , ; cf. , 42.

Rem. To the same class belong, where the idea of time precedes, until it be evening and until I be avenged, &c., and , where the idea of place precedes, in both cases governed by.

4. The very frequent use of the perfect consecutive in direct dependence upon other tenses (see above, d–v) explains how it finally obtained a kind of independent force—especially for the purpose of announcing future events—and might depend loosely on sentences to which it stood only in a wider sense in the relation of a temporal or logical consequence. Thus the perfect consecutive is used—

(a) To announce future events, &c., in loose connexion with a further announcement, e.g.  and two co-ordinate perfects consecutive, equivalent to but then shall arise, &c.; frequently so after  with a following substantive, or a participial clause (cf. the analogous instances above, under t), e.g.  behold, the days come, , &c.; , , , , and very often in Jeremiah; after an expression of time, , , , ,. Further, when joined to a statement concerning present or past facts, especially when these contain the reason for the action, &c., expressed in the perfect consecutive; cf. lo, this hath touched thy lips,, &c. (not copulative and it is taken away, since it is parallel with a simple imperfect),, , (here in an adversative sense);. In loose connexion with a noun-clause, a long succession of perfects consecutive occurs in ff. Also in  may be an announcement yea, ye shall take up; but cf. below, rr.