59:3
The sins were not mere religious violations, but there was violence, bloodshed, lying and slandering. Too often people think of sin as breaking an arbitrary religious rule, usually related to sex, but there is a reason for the “rules”. God’s ways protect people and make for a just society.
59:4
Following on from this, no one called for justice, and no one acted justly. People pleaded their case with lies, not integrity. Empty arguments are used, relying on falsehood, and this gives birth to trouble and evil. We can see this in political argument, but it also takes place in courts, where winning the argument is more important than truth.
59:5,6
God does not have a high opinion of this society! They produce the eggs of vipers and spin a spiders web. Our society is going pretty much in the same direction. We end life in the womb, we pretend that sex and gender are not related, with harmful effects on women and children. This is done in the name of supposedly protecting people, but in the end it does nothing to help people, producing only harm.
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