5. Those who turn aside (under temptation) permanently show that
they are hypocrites, and their lot or portion shall be with the wicked
(Ps 28:3).
crooked ways--(Compare
De 9:16;
Mal 2:8, 9).
their--is emphatic; the "crooked ways" proceed from their own hearts. The true Israel is here distinguished from the false. Scripture
everywhere opposes the Jewish delusion that mere outward descent would
save
(Ro 2:28, 29; 9:6, 7;
Ga 6:16).
The byways of sin from the way of life.
JFB.
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