“For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.”
For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. — Israel's ζῆλος (zēlos, "zeal") for God is genuine but misdirected; it lacks ἐπίγνωσις (epignōsis, "true knowledge"). Zeal without understanding pursues false paths. Israel's fervor is tragic precisely because it is misaligned.
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