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Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
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Honesty is Not Optional
Commentators explain that the rhetorical question, 'Shall I be pure with wicked balances?' has a clear answer: No. God cannot and will not declare someone righteous who engages in dishonest business. This is a direct violation of commands found in Leviticus 19 and Deuteronomy 25, making financial integrity a non-negotiable aspect of a life that pleases God.
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18th Century
Theologian
Shall I count them pure?—Rather, (as the English margin) “Shall I be pure?” The prophet, for the time being, speaks as if he were one of the…
19th Century
Bishop
Shall I count them pure?—Rather, Can I be innocent with the deceitful balances? The enactments about weights were very st…
Preacher
They were, I suppose, very much like certain merchants one might still encounter today; you cannot trade with them without needing more than two ey…
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16th Century
Interpreters differ regarding the word האש, eash. Some think that it should be read האיש, eaish, with an addition of two letters,…
17th Century
Pastor
Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances These are the words either of the prophet, or rather of God, signifyin…
Minister
God, having shown how necessary it was that they should do justly, here shows how plain it was that they had done unjustly. This voice of the Lord …
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