Word for the Week

Rule of the strong?

Week beginning: 29th June, 2025 | By Robin Younghusband | London

I myself will tend my sheep and make them lie down, declares the Sovereign LORD. I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.

Ezekiel 34:15-16 (NIV UK)

Watching the news, it can seem that the sleek and the strong are getting sleeker and stronger, while the weak and injured suffer. "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" is an idea that goes back to ancient times but seems to