SOCIAL INJUSTICE AND INSECURITY IN NIGERIA: A DISCOURSE (Hab. l:1-4)
Authors:
BABALOLA James
Publication Type: Journal article
Journal: Insight: Journal Of Religious Studies
ISSN Number:
0
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Abstract
The prophet complains to God of the violence done by the abuse of the sword of justice among his own people and the hardships thereby put upon many good people. Through the prophet, God foretells the punishment of that abuse of power by the sword of war, and the desolations whicl1lthe army of the Chaldeans should make upon them. Then the prophet complains and is grieved that the Chaldeans prevail so far, "'sothat he scarcely knows which is more to be lamented, the sin or the punishment of it, for in both many harmless good people greatly suffer.