“Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.”
You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes—the description of economic frustration and futility articulates God's response to misplaced priorities. Despite agricultural effort, harvests prove meager; despite eating and drinking, satisfaction eludes; despite earning, resources leak away. The image of wages entering a 'bag with holes' suggests that material pursuits prove inherently unsatisfying and unstable.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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