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Job 24:5
5 Behold, as wild asses [pere'] in the desert [midbar], go they forth [yatsa'] to their work [po`al]; rising betimes [shachar] for a prey [tereph]: the wilderness [`arabah] yieldeth food [lechem] for them and for their children [na`ar]. KJV-Interlinear
5 'Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food in their activity, As bread for their children in the desert. NASB
Anyone who does not pursue their spiritual life with regularity, anyone who has not by their thoughts and actions, established a pattern of life corresponding to, and appropriate with, that taught in the scriptures, is considered and included in the category of folks called, wicked.
In your life, you have spent more than likely, considerable time living in this category of people.
By living outside of the fellowship sphere, you in effect tell God that you do not need Him, His doctrine, or His support.
Whether you are a nice person, generally speaking, or a tyrant leader of terrorists, makes no difference. Certainly, the degree of overt wickedness you practice will be different than that of tyrants, but evil is evil, and rejection or indifference, or retaliation against God is just that.
What is an evil person like? He is no different than a wild donkey in the jungle of this world. The wicked are untamed, untraceable, unreasonable, fierce and furious or passive and introverted, and under no restraint of law or government. And that law or government refers to Gods law and policies, not mans.
The wilderness is Jobs choice of words referring to a place that lacks civil authority, a place that is a desert, a place where life does not flourish. A place where the predators of the world believe that they can hide their chosen pattern of life, from all reasonable or rational civilization.
In the desert, the wicked believe that they can hide their ways and do as they please. The strong rule the weak and the strong take as they please.
The wicked maintain themselves, their families, and their way of life by robbing, and bless themselves without any remorse, compassion, or conscience. They adopt the belief that what they do is honestly undertaken. That is, assuming that they end their activities triumphantly.
If they fail or they themselves are taken advantage of, then that is another matter, of course. Then revenge, gossip, hatred, ridicule, or self-pity become the order of the day. And still in this, the wicked see no real harm in their actions.
Their normal day-to-day routine of wickedness is to them, normal.
The pattern of life which you adopt for yourself can become your grave, simply by means of the mere habit of its formation inside of you.
