“And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?”
The snare of sin: 'The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.' 'Ensnare' (qasru) and 'hold them fast' (tamku) indicate that sin becomes a trap. The person who engages in sexual sin finds himself bound, unable to escape. What began as a choice becomes compulsion; the person becomes enslaved to appetite. 'The cords of their sins' suggests that sin tightens around the person, restricting movement and freedom. The metaphor illustrates the spiritual reality: what the sinner thought was freedom becomes slavery.
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