“For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.”
The motive for rejection: 'For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.' The wicked are enslaved by their appetites; they cannot rest without causing evil. Their sleeplessness is a psychological reality: those driven by malice and destructive impulse cannot find peace. 'Make someone stumble' (v'ehichshaloo) suggests they actively work to corrupt others, spreading their destruction. This verse offers a vivid picture of the slavery of wickedness. The wicked appear free, but they are actually imprisoned by their own destructive drives. This should repel the young person from the path of wickedness: it leads not to freedom but to restless, driven enslavement.
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