Godlessly Forsook Wisdom

There are two stories. Two versions of why Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586BCE. The story recorded most clearly in canonized scripture is that the ten commandments were no longer observed. But Isaiah teaches us, if we look carefully, that is was because of their rejection of the Queen of Heaven.

According to Bible scholar Margaret Barker, "the sins of Jerusalem that Isaiah condemned were not those of the ten commandments, but those of the Enoch tradition: pride (Isa. 2:11, 17), rebellion (Isa. 1:23, 1:28, 5:24) and loss of Wisdom (Isa. 2:6, 3:12, 5:12)."

The first chapter of the Book of Proverbs gives voice to rejected Lady Wisdom: "How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge? Give heed to my reproof and I will pour out my spirit on ... you because I called and you refused to listen ... and you have ignored all my counsel ... I will laugh at your calamity, I will mock when panic strikes you ... when distress and anguish come upon you. Then they will call upon me but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently but they will not find me."