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I found a trove of old News York Time from 2018 I had set aside to use as charcoal starter chimney newsprint.
It's a little amusing if not disheartening to read about all the things that "could" or "might" happen, written by people who were no better at foretelling the future than people are today.
We're all just portions for foxes, I guess.
Tried doing a web search for the source of the biblical saying "portions for foxes" and found nothing but references to the Rilo Kiley song. And that's bad news.
I mean, it's a good song. It's where I first heard the expression. But I'd really like to find the referenced material.
I think it means, if we're lucky, we'll nourish foxes when we pass on, regardless of what we accomplish here.
Fine. Foxes gotta eat!
@rationaldoge FWIW it’s from Psalms 63:10, in the King James Version:
“They shall fall by the sword; they shall become portions for foxes”
Contextually, I think the Bible is saying that the people who come after the author(King David) will fail and be destroyed, and nobody will mourn them. It’s a bit brutal tbh; the Rilo Kiley usage seems nicer to me.
@scottfines Thank you!
@rationaldoge Now I need to know too.
@rationaldoge The problem is that many translators render it as “jackals” rather than foxes. But here’s what you were looking for in the King James, which I was raised on.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+63&version=KJV
@ossobuffo Thank you!
@rationaldoge Bad news. ISWYDT.
Humans are _notoriously_ bad at assessing risk and reading tea leaves. This has been true for the entire existence of humans. Combine that with the propensity of our species to ignore the lessons of history and . . . well, . . . here we are.