15.
(Ps 66:18;
Pr 28:9;
La 3:43, 44).
spread . . . hands--in prayer
(1Ki 8:22).
Hebrew, "bloods," for all heinous sins, persecution of
God's servants especially
(Mt 23:35).
It was the vocation of the prophets to dispel the delusion, so contrary
to the law itself
(De 10:16),
that outward ritualism would satisfy God.
JFB.
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