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Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Hate the evil and love the good - A person will not entirely cease to “seek evil” unless they “hate” it; nor will they “seek good” …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Break in like a beam of sunshine in the darkness. The fearful doom, already spoken of, is after all conditional. Let a moral change be worked in th…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

National sins bring down national judgments; and when God grows angry against the people, he makes the places of their feasting, the vineyards wher…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet impresses upon us the same truth; and he did this intentionally, for he saw that nothing was more difficult than to bring this people t…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Hate the evil, and love the good
Evil is not only not to be sought, but to be hated, especially the evil of sin, bec…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of…

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