8. cleanse--
(Eze 36:25;
Zec 13:1;
Heb 9:13, 14).
Alluding to the legal rites of purification.
all their iniquity . . . all their iniquities--both
the principle of sin within, and its outward manifestations in
acts. The repetition is in order that the Jews may consider how
great is the grace of God in not merely pardoning (as to the
punishment), but also cleansing them (as to the pollution of
guilt); not merely one iniquity, but all
(Mic 7:18).
JFB.
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