Julie
I found it a bit amusing that people are being compared to ox and donkeys and showing that the people don't seem to be as smart as the animals. The animals understand their place in the pecking order, but people don't seem to. This reading brings up every way that people are sinning and the evil that they are a part of. What I found most interesting that God seems to be tired of people sacrificing in vain, at least that is what I am getting from that. Almost as if he is saying that is their way of trying to release the guilt of what they have done and that they continue to do wrong and sacrifice in hopes of forgiveness, but God is tired of them using that as an excuse for sinning.
We should ask for wisdom, listen, and do as instructed. I had previously underlined verse 7, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."
Michelle
I mean he is not wrong in using that comparison. I feel like that is relevant for some even today. There are many people who do not seem as smart as the animals. I read the same in that God seems to be tired of the ritual sacrificing as it is no longer being used as intended but as a way for them to be "cleansed" in their minds and not really cleansed in God's eyes.
We should use these proverbs as a way to gain wisdom and instruction, for this is what we should be seeking. I remember that last verse standing out as well.
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