24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-27)The scope of these verses is to show how little God valued their shows of devotion, nay, how much he detested them, while they went on in their sins. Observe, I. How unpleasing, nay, how displeasing, their hypocritical services were to God. They had their feast-days at Bethel, in imitation of those at Jerusalem, in which they pretended to rejoice before God. They had their solemn assemblies for re…
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