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Scott, we are continuing in the book of Job.

Yesterday, we closed out the second cycle of speeches between Job and his, quote, miserable

comforters as friends. And so we're starting the third and final cycle of speeches today, right?

Yes. Yeah. And this is the final, this is the shortest one, too. We're going to wrap them up tomorrow.

The speeches are a lot shorter.

The third friend, we mentioned Zofar, doesn't contribute anymore.

He's said what he needs to, apparently.

But like the previous two cycles, Elifaz starts off this third one.

So does Elifaz have anything new to say?

Are we just still repeating kind of these same flawed arguments for Job's suffering?

Yeah, you know, things are winding down.

There's not much left to say at this point.

So it's just a lot of the same.

But a lot of the pleasantries, especially from the first cycle, are just gone now from Elifah.

So he says Job's

wickedness is abundant, that is iniquities are endless. He accuses Job of not bringing relief

to people in their suffering. And I love what one commentator said about this speech from Elifaz.

He wrote that these are the most specific, most harsh, and most unjust

words spoken against Job in the whole book. That was great. And again, in light of chapter

one, literally none of that is true about Job. But kind of like Zofar did yesterday,

makes the point that whatever prosperity Job used to enjoy was an example

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