Contemplative Bible Reading

Ezekiel 9:9 (New Living Translation)

9 Then he said to me, “The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very, very great. The entire land is full of murder; the city is filled with injustice. They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn’t see it! The Lord has abandoned the land!’

God is speaking to the people through the prophet Ezekiel. Their sins are “very, very great.” I wouldn’t write a phrase like that, perhaps their is something lost in translation.

The city is filled with injustice. Now that is a high concept. Injustice. What is that?

The entire land is full of murder. I am bigger than you. I am stronger than you. I have a sword, and you don’t. I want your things. Simple. I kill you and take your things. Right? Wrong? There is no right and wrong. Someone will stop me? Who? I didn’t think so.

This is injustice. Right and wrong don’t matter. The big beat the small. Simple.

God has a lot of rules. Some people reject God because they want to do things that God declares is a violation of the rules, i.e., is wrong. But what’s the harm in a little … fun? Some people think its fun to beat another person and take their things. Considering it fun doesn’t matter. It is wrong.

It is injustice.