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Yahweh, in the midst of her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn`t fail, but the unjust know no shame.
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God's Presence Is a Standard
The people of Jerusalem boasted that God was "in their midst," thinking His presence guaranteed their safety. Commentators like Calvin and Barnes explain this was a fatal error. God's presence among them meant His perfectly righteous character was a constant, close-up witness against their corruption. His nearness was not a shield for their sin, but a guarantee of judgment against it, as a holy God cannot ignore evil.
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Zephaniah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But, besides these “evening wolves in the midst of her,” there stands Another “in the midst of her,” whom they did not know, and so, very near to t…
19th Century
Anglican
In contrast to this universal corruption, Jehovah daily exemplifies the law of righteousness, yet sinners are not moved to repentance ([Reference Z…
16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet throws back at hypocrites what they were accustomed to pretend when they wickedly sought to reject every instruction and all warni…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The just Lord [is] in the midst thereof In the midst of the city of Jerusalem, where those princes, judges, prophets…
The holy God hates sin most in those nearest to him. A sinful state is, and will be, a woeful state. Yet they had the tokens of God's presence and …
