Lydia Maria Child, 1861
"Remember, Lord, how the godless mock the law,
and the malevolent abuse your name.
Do not abandon the souls of doves to predators;
or forget the lives of your poor, forever.
Remember your promise,
for their darkened hearts are haunts of violence.
Do not let the oppressed be put to shame;
let the poor and humble praise you."
Psalm 74:18-21
"'The Pharisees, who were money loving and covetous, heard all these things and scornfully mocked him. And Jesus said, 'You justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts.'"
Luke 16:14
"Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
the splendor and majesty of Chaldea,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God destroyed them.
Babylon will not live again.
It will be desolate, for generations.
Nomads will not pitch tents there,
or shepherds bed their flocks.
Desert animals will roam the city,
its homes filled with howling creatures.
Owls will live among the ruins,
and wild goats will dance.
Hyenas will watch from its towers,
and jackals rule hopeless palaces.
Babylon’s days are numbered;
its time of destruction is coming."
Isaiah 13:19-22
"This is what I commanded them: listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. But they did not obey or pay heed to my words. Instead they walked in the hardness of evil hearts, and turned their backs to me,and not their faces. From the day your ancestors left Egypt until today, I faithfully sent my servants the prophets to them.
Yet they have not listened to me or paid attention; instead they stiffened their necks and proved to be worse than their fathers. And then you are to say to them, 'This is the nation that did not obey the Lord, their God, or accept correction. Truth has perished. It no longer on their lips."
Jeremiah 7:23-28
“The greatest evil is not done now in sordid dens of crime. It is not even done in concentration camps and labor camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered in clear, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices by quiet men, with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks, who do not need to raise their voice.”
C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, 1942
Those who want to know, know. Those who do not want to know, will never know.
