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I have hated them; their very persons, not simply, but for their wickedness. Compare Psa_139:21,22.
That regard, Heb. that observe, to wit, with respect to them, dependence upon them, or expectation of any good from them.
Lying vanities; or, most vain vanities; such as are foolish, and deceitful, and fruitless. By which he understands, either,
1. All human or carnal helps, any arm of flesh; for he that trusteth therein is pronounced cursed, Jer_17:5, and therefore is hateful. Or,
2. Idols, which are oft called vanities, as Deu_32:21 Jer_2:5 8:19, &c. Or,
3. Curious arts, and all sorts of divinations by stars, or the notions or inwards of living creatures, or by the dead; which practices were common and prevalent among those Eastern people, and by their example were too rife among the Israelites also, Isa_2:6, of whom he here speaks; for the Gentiles that observed these vanities he rather pitied than hated; but the Israelites that did so were apostates from God, and professed enemies to him and his laws, and therefore were the proper objects of just hatred.