2 Chronicles 25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. Off Cape Horn we witnessed a singular sight. For some miles there was a narrow strip of water, where the great waves flew in broken spray and dashed high over the ship. On either side the sea was comparatively calm, whilst this boiled with fury, rolling and surging. Yet there was no rock about which the sea surged, nor was there any such fierce wind as to account for it. Overhead the air was thick with sea-fowl. Thousands of the birds dived into this troubled water. The smaller fish were, I suppose, flung up by the toss, and thus fell a prey to the birds. I asked, naturally, what was the reason of this strange sight, and found it was the point at which the tide met the strong current of the sea, and here they raged together. Within, the tide only ran, and it was calm. Without, the current prevailed, and there, too, was calm. On this troubled bit they met, and neither prevailed. It is the picture of those who are at once too religious to belong to the world — too worldly to belong to religion; torn by both and satisfied by neither. (Mark Guy Pearse.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.WEB: He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, but not with a perfect heart. |
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