Oh yeah, also shout out to Micah 4:4 getting into the inauguration, being quoted by Amanda Gorman (via George Washington (maybe also via the musical Hamilton, but it was famous before)) in her amazing poem (and what delivery!)
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Of course Washington's assertion that "the Government of the United States [...] gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance" rings a little hollow given that he held other men in bondage and that the government would indeed long sanction that bigotry.
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But I think the aspiration, if not the reality, of Washington's use of Micah 4:4's vine and fruit tree, is a powerful and salutary vision for a pluralistic, multi-ethnic, multi-religious republic. I'm always glad to see that vision put forward.
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it's an interesting verse to think on; it's worth contemplating the vision of civic republicanism it puts forward that each person should have a certain share of wealth, and land in particular, so that they are not constantly in fear of poverty or loss of their home
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but it's the "and no one shall make them afraid" that i keep coming back to as succinct a statement of the politics of non-domination one can find that no one should live in fear of the arbitrary power of another, whether the government or a private agency
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