I’m abandoning the day numbers for my Apocrypha posts - since I’m not keeping up a daily regime this year, there’s little point. But on with wonderful Sirach. Godless children are nothing to be proud of, in his eyes. Having many children was regarded as a great blessing in Jewish culture - a sign of God’s favour. But if they aren’t fearing the Lord, Sirach would rather be childless. He wants us to remember that God forgets no one. No sins are overlooked, even if their punishment seems erratic to our eyes. God will right every wrong in time.
Poetically, Sirach looks back to creation, when God declared everything good. Every part worked as it should. That’s not how it is these days, but Sirach is confident that one day things will be back in order.
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