God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
God has spoken in his holiness, so that holiness marks his speech itself. His words are holy, and they stand on the same ground as all his acts, which are holy as well. That holiness belongs to him by nature, and it gives his speaking its character. Because God is holy in speech, his holiness calls people to make their own words holy. The same reason reaches to thoughts and actions, so that the whole inner and outer life is to be made holy after him.
God has spoken in his holiness, so that holiness marks his speech itself. His words are holy, and they stand on the same ground as all his acts, which are holy as well. That holiness belongs to him by nature, and it gives his speaking its character. Because God is holy in speech, his holiness calls people to make their own words holy. The same reason reaches to thoughts and actions, so that the whole inner and outer life is to be made holy after him.