16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
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Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: …
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-20)Though God had rejected their services as insufficient to atone for their sins while they persisted in them, yet he does not reject them as in a hopeless condition, but here calls upon them to forsake their sins, which hindered the acceptance of their services, and then all would be well. Let them not say that God picked quarrels with them; no, he proposes a method of reconciliation. Observe here,…
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