How to Get Exiled #11

 Proverbs 23:

10 Do not move an ancient landmark
    or enter the fields of the fatherless,
11 for their Redeemer is strong;
    he will plead their cause against you.

As Solomon is sharing words of wisdom, he pulls us back to the same pictures Job had used hundreds of years before.  The landmark was exactly that: a surveying mark like a stack of stones or other clearly recognizable indicator of where the boundary existed between properties.   To "move the landmark" would be equal to stealing someone else's land.  That is clear from the parallel in the second part of the verse: "entering" was much more than walking onto or through; it was walking in and taking over for oneself Though it should have been understood that such action was against God's command to not do injustice to the fatherless, the reality was that some broke God's law, as it seemed "easy to get away with."  Solomon challenges such faulty thinking and faulty character, reminding them that just like a widow, the fatherless have a Redeemer Who will step in on their behalf, and He is strong, wise, and true, and will win the case against them. In the long run, they will lose.