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Yet another charge is laid against the priests. This time it is that they have wearied the Lord with their words. Again, the people do not realise how they have done this. We can all be blind to our sins. “All who do evil ...” This could be taken either as calling evil good, or as saying that the Lord does not care nor do anything about the injustice in the world. In the light of the last part of the verse, the latter seems the more likely. It is very easy to start thinking like the people at this time were thinking, ie that God is not going to do anything about evil, and there seems to be much evidence to support such a view. However, we need to take the warning of this verse seriously. Such world-weary talk is not good. This is not just because God doesn’t like it! It is because there is actually a better way, and God’s ways go deeper than we imagine.
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