This is what the LORD says: “The people of Israel have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They sell honorable people for silver and poor people for a pair of sandals. They trample helpless people in the dust and shove the oppressed out of the way. Both father and son sleep with the same woman, corrupting my holy name.”
The essence of the LORD’s character is love. This is the main reason why He hates sin and expresses His wrath against sinners—because of the destruction they bring upon themselves and others. Love’s reaction against sin and all its misery is what we understand to be God’s holiness.
