Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Thou hast consulted shame . . . by cutting off many—MAURER, more literally, "Thou hast consulted shame . . . to destroy many," that is, in consulting (determining) to cut off many, thou hast consulted shame to thy house.
sinned against thy soul—that is, against thyself; thou art the guilty cause of thine own ruin (Proverbs 8:36; Proverbs 20:2). They who wrong their neighbors, do much greater wrong to their own souls.
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