{"id":76091,"date":"2020-06-16T10:34:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T07:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=76091"},"modified":"2020-06-16T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T07:34:12","slug":"ignorance-is-not-bliss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/ignorance-is-not-bliss\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignorance is Not Bliss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"76091","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":49926,"related_cahpter":"504","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Now, as then, it is at the heart of corruption and destruction\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In clipped and angry phrases, the prophet describes the depth of the sins of Israel. This chapter contains many short verses, succinct phrases, lists of short words. The reader feels the rush of the words, the anger in the prophet\u2019s tone, as his furious message spills from his lips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the chapter, the prophet describes the negative ways the people have acted. Their sins are manifold: not just sins against God, but, and in fact even primarily, sins against other human beings. \u201cThere is [false] swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and blood leads to blood\u201d, says God (v.2). Their corruption runs deep, it is self-perpetuating, it is systemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, they have reached this lowly state for a specific reason: lack of knowledge (verse 6). The ignorance, even stupidity of the Israelites is emphasized in verses 12 and 13: they talk to trees, and the trees talk back? They worship in the shade because they <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enjoy<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the shade? You can feel the sarcasm dripping from these lines, you can sense the derision which the prophet feels for their stupidity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common Hebrew root in this chapter is the root \u05d6.\u05e0.\u05d4., <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zana<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which means fornication or harlotry. However, those translations soften the intensity of this word, the ferocity it holds, that makes it such a powerful epithet. It is not just about sex or selling oneself; it\u2019s about wantonness and immorality, a depravity that is used to impugn both the behavior and character of the nation perpetrating these acts of <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zenut<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ignorance is exceedingly powerful. Contrary to the implications of the clich\u00e9 \u201cignorance is bliss\u201d &#8211; the bliss of ignorance is a destructive illusion. The prophet reminds us that just because they are ignorant of just how corrupt their society is, doesn\u2019t mean that Israelite society isn\u2019t corrupt. In fact, says the prophet, the depth of their corruption and ignorance are to be the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cause<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of their destruction. There is to be no bliss for the ignorant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Much of Western society is currently at a moment of reckoning with its ignorance and corruption. Ignorance of the complexity and profundity of systemic racism, and the corruption that causes and perpetuates it. The final verse of the chapter (v.19) frames the current moment: we are caught up in the winds of change, and will look back at our sinful actions with shame.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it is only through shedding our ignorance that we root out our corruption.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":76094,"id":76094,"title":"hos4-ignorance","filename":"hos4-ignorance.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos4-ignorance.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/ignorance-is-not-bliss\/hos4-ignorance\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"hos4-ignorance","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":76091,"date":"2020-06-16 07:33:31","modified":"2020-06-16 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