17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: …
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-17)God, by the prophet, here gives further assurances of the mercy he had in store for Judah and Jerusalem. Here is line upon line for their comfort, as before there was for their conviction. These verses contain strong encouragements with reference to the difficulties they now laboured under. And we may observe, I. Who they were to whom these encouragements did belong—to those who, in obedience to t…
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