Isaiah 5:18
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity
and sin as if with a cart rope
This one struck me when you start to unwind "Vanity"...
See, we often use "Vanity" today as Narcissism.... but that's not really what the Hebrew word means... Vanity in this sense really conveys "Emptiness" in the sense of Chaos.. Empty of order... As in a big pile of junk that's undistinguishable as anything - but not necessarily nothingness... That's the sort of thing you run into in a "Waste land" - not NOTHING, but rather GOBS of stuff that's useless and strewn about in chaos...
Now, think about the phrase...
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of Chaos
and Sin as if with a cart rope.
What DRAWS wickedness out? What draws strife and trouble in a society? Intentional introduction of Chaos at the various levels.... If you want trouble to be caused - all you typically have to do is to introduce some Chaos.... The one introducing or ginning up the Chaos isn't typically the one who does the dirty work of The Iniquity and generally NEVER bears the blame for the consequences.... but that's WHY they are doing it! It's a power grab without getting your hands dirty so to speak....
What struck me about this is that this is frequently a tactic used when somebody wants POWER and doesn't have it ... Create "Chaos" - which breeds Iniquity (wickedness)..... and this is the "Horse" that draws the "Cart" of Sin (the "Missing the mark")
I won't start throwing rocks politically.... But.. It sure is easy to see...
Thanks
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity
and sin as if with a cart rope
This one struck me when you start to unwind "Vanity"...
See, we often use "Vanity" today as Narcissism.... but that's not really what the Hebrew word means... Vanity in this sense really conveys "Emptiness" in the sense of Chaos.. Empty of order... As in a big pile of junk that's undistinguishable as anything - but not necessarily nothingness... That's the sort of thing you run into in a "Waste land" - not NOTHING, but rather GOBS of stuff that's useless and strewn about in chaos...
Now, think about the phrase...
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of Chaos
and Sin as if with a cart rope.
What DRAWS wickedness out? What draws strife and trouble in a society? Intentional introduction of Chaos at the various levels.... If you want trouble to be caused - all you typically have to do is to introduce some Chaos.... The one introducing or ginning up the Chaos isn't typically the one who does the dirty work of The Iniquity and generally NEVER bears the blame for the consequences.... but that's WHY they are doing it! It's a power grab without getting your hands dirty so to speak....
What struck me about this is that this is frequently a tactic used when somebody wants POWER and doesn't have it ... Create "Chaos" - which breeds Iniquity (wickedness)..... and this is the "Horse" that draws the "Cart" of Sin (the "Missing the mark")
I won't start throwing rocks politically.... But.. It sure is easy to see...
Thanks