Proverbs says a righteous man will fall seven times and get up, but here we see God complaining that the people aren’t getting up. God says the people are clinging to deceit. To me, this shows that it isn’t that they are believing a lie; they are holding on to it when there is proof they are wrong. God says they are like this because they have rejected Him. That is the way it is when you choose to reject truth; you have to hold on to the lie because sooner or later, all lies get found out. The people here see it came out and are holding on anyway.
God goes on speaking about the scribes having lying pens who work falsely. They know what they are doing is lie, but they do it anyway. This gets my attention because, as a writer, I wonder how many people write lies, know they are lies, and then lie about it. I’m afraid more than we want to admit.
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