The wicked are estranged from the womb;Since man is fallen, all have sinned. We all have gone astray. We have all spoken lies. Therefore, we are all estranged from God. But at what point does this happen? Are we separated from Him at birth? Or are merely some, those God knows will not accept Him?
These who speak lies go astray from birth.
There is a belief among many Christians that children below a certain age are not sinful. It is said that below this age, if they die, God will accept them. I can't recall the Biblical basis for his belief. Honestly, I've always been skeptical of that belief. I think it's a nice thing to believe, but I'm not certain it's true, and the root of my skepticism is things like this verse, where people are deemed to be sinful from before they're even born. I realize this is poetry, but the underlying theme comes up elsewhere.
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