“BOWELS”

The Bible gets to the heart of things.
It also gets to the gut of things.
We’ve ?smoothed over? some nitty-gritty things of life by changing words from older translations to soften the reader impact.

“filthy rags” (menstrual cloths) – to – “polluted garment”

“dung” – to – “rubbish

“bowels” – to – “mercy, deep compassion”

“kidneys” – to – “inmost being?

“peculiar” people – to – “chosen” people