The father explains the urgency: the sinners 'rush into evil' and 'are swift to shed blood.' Their feet run toward destruction with eagerness; violence is their native language and habitual practice. This verse suggests that wickedness accelerates—those who begin on the path of folly gain momentum and sink deeper. The parallelism between 'rushing into evil' and 'swift to shed blood' indicates that moral decay progresses from inner disposition to outward violence. The emphasis on swiftness and eagerness reveals a hardening of heart: the wicked are not reluctant or conflicted but enthusiastic in their destruction. This vision of the sinner's trajectory aims to disabuse the young person of any notion that one can dabble in wickedness. The sinners' eagerness in violence demonstrates how far human hearts can be twisted from the divine image and covenant order.

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