As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
But if a man be just,.... Not legally, as to be wholly free from sin, for there is no such just man, Ecc 7:20; but evangelically, through the imputation of the righteousness of Christ unto him; and…
Adam Clarke
As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel - I will now, by this present declaration, settle this question for ever. And hence God has sworn to…
Evil manners, we say, beget good laws; and in like manner sometimes unjust reflections occasion just vindications; evil proverbs beget good prophecies. Here is,
I. An evil proverb commonly used by the…
Cambridge Bible
ye shall not haveoccasion] Or, it shall not be permitted you.
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