Foolish men!
For all your study, have you gained no knowledge?
For all your prayer, know you not the heart of God?
You take pains to be handsome to the eyes of men
but in God's eyes, you are as ugly as maggots
You hypocrites!
You give a portion of your excess to the needy
but harbor contempt for them in your hearts
You call them "brother" with an empty tongue
but would not stoop to lift one from the gutter
Prideful decievers!
You sue to champion the widowed mother
then rob her of all she is due
you steal from the rich and the poor alike
and call yourselves "Men of justice"
Woe unto you!
God is not blind to what you do
He hears the cries of the meek against you
as you have hardened your hearts against truth
so the Lord has hardened His against you
A contest entry
- My people, my people... by poetryality.
1750 points, ended December 28, 2007, 9 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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Congratulations.
If one has to lose iy is good to lose to a poem or a person that one can respect. Well done.
Jim
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This sounds as if God Himself, His Spirit is speaking these words. This is divinely inspired work here poet. This could have come straight out of the Book of Deuteronomy. Excellent penning here scribe. This is surely written for the people who confess to know the Lord. There are those who confess Him not, there doom is sure but to us who acknowledge Him and still do evil dees...whew! Watch out! Excellent take on the Scripture. Thank you for this entry and I wish you the best in the Comp!
Much Love & Many Blessings ♥ † ♥ †
Renee
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Good job! I enjoyed this write and revel in its truth.
You have a wonderful grasp on comprehension and putting it in your words that flow well. thanx, conni -
wow very strong and powerfully written. An excellent piece, well suited to the prompt. I thourghly enjoyed reading it, my favorite line/lines were 'You call them "brother" with an empty tongue
but would not stoop to lift one from the gutter' a tough choice as your whole poem was absolutely wonderful the way you had it organized was great,the strength and flow was consistant throughout the poem. Your word usage was fabulous, and your examples fit well both with the prompt and with your piece. Your border of course goes right with your piece. The only thing that I found did not add to the poem was your title. A bit long, and not the same sort of wording as the rest of your poem. Overall though a great write. Good luck in the contest. Keep up the great writing!
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Sentiments that many of us can agree with.
Was it not Shakespeare who wrote "Kill all the lawyers"?
Good luck in the contest.
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