‘We are prey’: discovery of seven women’s bodies fuels anger over femicide in South Africa
String of female murder victims found near Johannesburg’s international airport, including five in the past week The discovery of the bodies of seven women around Johannesburg’s international airport, including five in the past week, has prompted an outpouring of fear, grief and anger over a lack of progress in tackling femicide. When Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo did not return after going fo
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Isaiah 1:17
Ethical application · WEBLearn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”
A reader might connect Isaiah’s call to seek justice and relieve the oppressed with the duty to protect women at risk and pursue justice for those killed. This is an ethical application to the reported suffering, not a claim of prophetic fulfilment or divine timing.
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Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil. Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”
This interpretation is debated. Christians may differ over whether the passage primarily directs personal conduct, church action or public institutions, while agreeing that injustice and oppression demand a faithful response.