The rain falls on the just and the unjust.

I didn't vote for this answer because 1. Frankly, I didn't expect this to be the most upvoted answer. 2. I wasn't really certain about the meaning of the Farsi proverb. But it seems (after a bit of googling) that my earlier suggestion; collective punishment, hit closer to home.

Rain is not a punishment, and according to several sources; here and here, it is in actual fact a blessing, and all the more so in arid areas.

A comment posted by @xDaizu, contained the following citation:

This is one of the few New Testament verses that depicts God as commander of nature. Schweizer notes that in Palestine rain was extremely important and beneficial, the hot sun, was less so.

The focus of the proverb is on the innocent who, through the fault of a few wrong doers, share and suffer the same penance unnecessarily. That is, the good (green/wet wood) burn alongside the bad (the dry wood). This may not be so tragic if you believe in the afterlife, but for the majority of Anglophones, and many devotees of the monotheistic Christian god (I'm going out on a limb here) this type of passivity and acceptance of God's will is no longer professed or tolerated.

The rain falls on the just and the unjust.

I didn't vote for this answer because 1. Frankly, I didn't expect this to be the most upvoted answer. 2. I wasn't really certain about the meaning of the Farsi proverb. But it seems (after a bit of googling) that my earlier suggestion; collective punishment, hit closer to home.

Rain is not a punishment, and according to several sources; here and here, it is normally a blessing, and all the more so in arid areas.

A comment posted by @xDaizu, contained the following citation:

This is one of the few New Testament verses that depicts God as commander of nature. Schweizer notes that in Palestine rain was extremely important and beneficial, the hot sun, was less so.

Although I am reminded of the flood narrated in Genesis, from the Old Testament

In Genesis 6:5-8, the LORD judged "man" for being wicked and evil.

and...

The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. ... Noah did not go into the ark till God bade him, though he knew it was to be his place of refuge. Genesis 7:12

The focus of the proverb is on the innocent who, through the fault of a few wrong doers, share and suffer the same penance unnecessarily. That is, the good (green/wet wood) burn alongside the bad (the dry wood). This may not be so tragic if you believe in the afterlife, but for the majority of Anglophones, and many devotees of the monotheistic Christian god (I'm going out on a limb here) this type of passivity and acceptance of God's will is no longer professed or tolerated.

The rain falls on the just and the unjust.

I didn't vote for this answer because 1. Frankly, I didn't expect this to be the most upvoted answer. 2. I wasn't really certain about the meaning of the Farsi proverb. But it seems (after a bit of googling) that my earlier suggestion; collective punishment, hit closer to home.

Rain is not a punishment, and according to several sources; here and here, it is in actual fact a blessing, and all the more so in arid areas.

A comment posted by @xDaizu, contained the following citation:

This is one of the few New Testament verses that depicts God as commander of nature. Schweizer notes that in Palestine rain was extremely important and beneficial, the hot sun, was less so.

The focus should be on the innocent who, for the fault of a few, share the same penance and suffering. That is, the good (green/wet wood) burn alongside the bad (the dry wood). This may not be so tragic if you believe in the afterlife, but for the majority of Anglophones, and many devotees of the monotheistic Christian god (I'm going out on a limb here) this type of passivity and acceptance of God's will is no longer professed or tolerated.

The rain falls on the just and the unjust.

I didn't vote for this answer because 1. Frankly, I didn't expect this to be the most upvoted answer. 2. I wasn't really certain about the meaning of the Farsi proverb. But it seems (after a bit of googling) that my earlier suggestion; collective punishment, hit closer to home.

Rain is not a punishment, and according to several sources; here and here, it is in actual fact a blessing, and all the more so in arid areas.

A comment posted by @xDaizu, contained the following citation:

This is one of the few New Testament verses that depicts God as commander of nature. Schweizer notes that in Palestine rain was extremely important and beneficial, the hot sun, was less so.

The focus of the proverb is on the innocent who, through the fault of a few wrong doers, share and suffer the same penance unnecessarily. That is, the good (green/wet wood) burn alongside the bad (the dry wood). This may not be so tragic if you believe in the afterlife, but for the majority of Anglophones, and many devotees of the monotheistic Christian god (I'm going out on a limb here) this type of passivity and acceptance of God's will is no longer professed or tolerated.