They are paid to bring rain. When it fails -- or leads to floods -- violence can follow
The farmers who paid David Nabutsilili money to summon rain were angry when they received so much of it that their vegetable gardens were left flooded. They chased him up and down the hills, stopping when he fell upon a rock and broke a femur. That was his punishment.
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James 1:19
Ethical application · WEBSo, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
A reader might connect the command to be slow to anger with the farmers’ angry pursuit of Nabutsilili. The passage offers an ethical response of listening and restraint rather than claiming that this event fulfills prophecy or directly interprets the weather.
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So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
This interpretation is debated. Christians may differ over whether the passage speaks only to individual conduct or also provides guidance for a community seeking justice after a grievance.