ס (Samek) I hate people with divided loyalties, but I love your law.

I hate and despise deceit; I love your law.

“I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies!

I hate the mob of evil men, and do not associate with the wicked.

Your precepts give me discernment. Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.

And you will say, “How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

I hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord.

I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.

For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions.

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

and rejected Esau. I turned Esau’s mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals.”

I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate.

The sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his very own life. The Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking: “I despise Jacob’s arrogance; I hate their fortresses. I will hand over to their enemies the city of Samaria and everything in it.”

Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath – these are all things that I hate,’ says the Lord.”