Job 13:26

"Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?"

Key Reflection

In Job 13:26, God is portrayed as asking if He would harass an insignificant and vulnerable person like a driven leaf or pursue someone as worthless as dry stubble. This metaphor underscores the idea that even the weakest and most humble among His people are not objects of His wrath but rather subjects of His care and protection.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

For thou writest bitter things against me -Charges or accusations of severity. We use the word “bitter” now in a somewhat similar sense. We speak of bitter sorrow, bitter cold, etc. The language here is all taken from courts of justice, and Job is carrying cut the train of thought on which he had entered in regard to a trial before God. He says that the accusations which God had brought against him were of a bitter and severe character; charging him with aggravated offences, and recalling the sins of his youth, and holding him responsible for them.

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