Even 'Widows and Fatherless Boys' Are Rebels

Jehovah is the Champion of widows and fatherless boys.  (Exodus 22:22, 23) Yet, hear what Isaiah now says:  "Jehovah will not rejoice even over their young men, and upon their fatherless boys and upon their widows he will have no mercy; because all of them are apostates and evildoers and every mouth is speaking senselessness.  In view of all this his anger has not turned back, but his hand is out still."  (Isaiah 9:17)  Apostasy has corrupted all levels of society, including the widows and fatherless boys!  Jehovah patiently sends his prophets, hoping that the people will change their ways.  For example, "Do come back, O Israel, to Jehovah your God, for you have stumbled in your error," pleads Hosea.  (Hosea 14:1)  How it must pain the Champion of widows and fatherless boys to have to execute judgment against even them!

Like Isaiah, we are living in critical times prior to Jehovah's day of judgment against the wicked.  (2 Timothy 3:1-5) How important, then, that true Christians, regardless of their situation in life, remain spiritually, morally, and mentally clean in order to retain God's favor.  Let each one jealously guard his relationship  with Jehovah. Let none who have escaped from "Babylon the Great" ever again  "share with her in her sins." -Revelation 18:2, 4.

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From the Book Isaiah's Prophecy Light for all Mankind, 2000