Matthew Poole Commentary - Proverbs 21:27 - 21:27

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Proverbs 21:27 - 21:27


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The sacrifice; all the most glorious and costly services which they offer to God.



Is abomination; God rejects and abhors them, because they are offered by such men and in such manner as God justly abhors.



When; or, because, as all the ancient translators render it, the Hebrew particle aph being expletive; or, even because; so the following clause gives the reason of the former proposition.



With a wicked mind; with a hypocritical and impenitent heart, or with a bad design, not in obedience to God’s command, and with respect to his honour and service; but either to cover, or countenance, or promote some wicked intention or course, which notwithstanding all his professions of religion he is resolved to prosecute.