Contemplative Bible Reading

Isaiah 59:3

Your hands are the hands of murderers,
and your fingers are filthy with sin. (New Living Translation)

your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness. (English Standard Version)

Permit me to mix English translation of this verse from the prophet Isaiah. The prophet is relaying from God how life will be when the people abandon God and the teachings of God.

The first part describes murderers. The second part describes mutterers.

They are equal in their evil. Equal? Muttering is as bad as murdering? Surely there is a mistake here? No, there isn’t.

Mutter wickedness. Murder a person. Same in the eyes of God. And that makes me…? I don’t like to read this stuff.

Thank you God for your saving grace. Help me in my unbelief.