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They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
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Confronting Sin in Public
Commentators explain that the "gate" was the center of ancient civic life, where courts were held and business was conducted. The prophets would go to this public square to confront injustice directly. The verse highlights the people's intense hatred for those who dared to speak truth and call for righteousness in the very place it was supposed to be upheld.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They hate him who rebukes - "The gate" is the well-known place of concourse, where just or, in Israel now, unjust judgment was given ([Refer…
19th Century
Anglican
Rebuker in the Gate.— The person so described might be the prophet himself. So also he that speaketh uprightly.
Baptist
There is still a generation that cannot bear to be told of its faults, and that shows its venom against everything that is right.
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16th Century
Protestant
It is probable that in this verse also, the judges are rebuked by the Prophet, though what is said here can also apply to all the people. However, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They hate him that rebukes in the gate Openly and publicly in the courts of judicature: wicked judges hated the prophets …
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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