John Gill's Exposition on Zechariah 8:17

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour, etc.] (See Gill on “<380710>Zechariah 7:10”) hatred without a cause was a governing vice under the second temple, and Jarchi says was the cause of the destruction of it; (see <431525>John 15:25): and love no false oath; whereby the character and property of a fellow creature are hurt; nor any vain one, which the Jews were addicted to, (<400534>Matthew 5:34,35): for all these [are things] that I hate, saith the Lord; as being contrary to his nature, and to his law; and is a reason why they should be hated and avoided by men.

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