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And "thus saith the LORD":

(2 Chron. 19:4-7, KJV)

4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.
5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

---- Of course, when we effectively ceased being a nation that paid heed to God and His Word, the judges that we have seated over us will listen to every deceitful doctrine that further pulls the public opinion further into God's wrath and away from the Word that saves our souls:

(Psalms 2:1-5, KJV)

1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

----- Unlike the fickleness of human opinion on what is and is not sin, God's stand does not change, nor does the penalty for sin (death) change for those who reject the truth.

---- Of course, when we effectively ceased being a nation that paid heed to God and His Word, the judges that we have seated over us will listen to every deceitful doctrine that further pulls the public opinion further into God's wrath and away from the Word that saves our souls:

Maybe that's why they wear black.