Who swear - Literally, “the swearing,” they who habitually swear. He assigns, at the end, the ground of all this misery: the forsaking of Go…

Thy God, O Dan, liveth.— Translate, By the life of your God, O Dan, and by the life of the way of Beersheba. On …

The Prophet, having threatened spiritual famine, now adds that the people would in every respect be barren and destitute of every good. For I do no…

They that swear by the sin of Samaria
The calf at Bethel, which was near Samaria, and which the Samaritans worshippe…

Here was a sign of God's highest displeasure. At any time, and especially in a time of trouble, a famine of the word of God is the heaviest judgmen…