“And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.”
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, 'The LORD will not do good, nor will he do harm'—the image of searching with lamps emphasizes the thoroughness of divine judgment, ferreting out those whose complacency masks actual atheism. The heart-statement—that the LORD does neither good nor harm—reveals that practical atheism underlies the surface religiosity. Complacency constitutes rebellion against God's active governance of history.
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