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16 There are six things the Lord hates—
    no, seven things he detests:

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The Lord examines both the righteous and the wicked.
    He hates those who love violence.

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13 All who fear the Lord will hate evil.
    Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance,
    corruption and perverse speech.

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20 The Lord detests people with crooked hearts,
    but he delights in those with integrity.

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32 Such wicked people are detestable to the Lord,
    but he offers his friendship to the godly.

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16 All who cheat with dishonest weights and measures are detestable to the Lord your God.

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15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent—
    both are detestable to the Lord.

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11 The Lord detests the use of dishonest scales,
    but he delights in accurate weights.

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The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked,
    but he delights in the prayers of the upright.

The Lord detests the way of the wicked,
    but he loves those who pursue godliness.

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This is what the Lord says:

“The people of Moab have sinned again and again,[a]
    and I will not let them go unpunished!
They desecrated the bones of Edom’s king,
    burning them to ashes.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Hebrew have committed three sins, even four; also in 2:4, 6.

11 This is what the Lord says:

“The people of Edom have sinned again and again,
    and I will not let them go unpunished!
They chased down their relatives, the Israelites, with swords,
    showing them no mercy.
In their rage, they slashed them continually
    and were unrelenting in their anger.

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This is what the Lord says:

“The people of Tyre have sinned again and again,
    and I will not let them go unpunished!
They broke their treaty of brotherhood with Israel,
    selling whole villages as slaves to Edom.

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This is what the Lord says:

“The people of Gaza have sinned again and again,
    and I will not let them go unpunished!
They sent whole villages into exile,
    selling them as slaves to Edom.

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