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Zep_3:11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
Ver. 11. In that day shalt thou not be ashamed] There is a holy shame for sin, such as was that of Ezra, Ezr_9:6, of the penitent publican, Luk_18:13, and of those good souls in Ezekiel, who blushing and bleeding loathed themselves for their abominations, Eze_16:52. To be ashamed on this sort is no shame, but a sign of that godly sorrow that worketh repentance never to be repented of; and not to know shame, to be frontless and impudent, is the note of a naughty man, Eze_16:52. But that which God promiseth here is that he will cover their sins, not impute them, Psa_32:1-2, and that he will by his grace preserve them from scandalous and reproachful practices that might render them ignominious and despicable, see Psa_18:39; shining upon them himself, and giving them honour in the hearts of others, as he did Solomon.
Them that rejoice in thy pride] Or, in thine excellence, as Psa_68:35, that is, in thine external privileges, wherein thou hast hitherto so prided thyself as the only people of God, holy and beloved.
And thou shalt no more be haughty] Stand upon thy tip-toes, upon thy sandles, as if there were none such.
Because of mine holy mountain] Jer_7:4. The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, cried they aloud that nothing cared for the Lord of the temple. So the Jesuits and their Romish crew cry, the Church, the Church, the Catholic Church, ad ravem usque, until hoarse like so many oyster-wives: but this is not the guise of God’s people. He will purge his Church of such formalists.