Hate the evil, he. Compare Psalms 34:14; Psalms 97:10; Romans 12:9, This concludes the last of the three exhortations.
it may be. Hebrew. u lay. The whole versa is the exhortation: but the Heb, accent marks off this sentence, calling attention, not to uncertainty on the part of Jehovah, but to the difficulty on Israel's part; and this order to stimulate obedience to the exhortation. Compare Exodus 32:30; 2 Kings 19:4.Joel 2:14.
Joseph. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6, for the whole of the Northern Kingdom.