The priests were wearisome with their words to the Lord. They were calling evil good and telling people God would delight in their evil. These were wearisome words.
The word wearied in our text carries the idea of annoyingly exhaustive.
There is a great illustration of this found in Chalk Talk. “It happens every time the teacher calls a student to the chalkboard to solve a problem. Someone holds the chalk wrong and sends chills up and down the spines of everyone in the class with that familiar classroom torture technique: “squeaky chalk.”
Why does a piece of chalk produce that hideous squeal? According to the book, The Flying Circus of Physics (With Answers), squealing chalk results from the phenomenon of “stick and slip.” Incorrectly held chalk actually sticks to the blackboard. But when the writer bends the chalk enough, it suddenly slips and vibrates, sporadically striking the chalkboard and producing that squeal we hear. As the vibrations decrease, the friction between the chalk and the board increases until the chalk sticks again and the torture begins once more.
Annoyingly exhaustive!! I wonder if we ever become that way with our words. Hopefully not!!
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞ Make sure your words are never wearisome to God or others.
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