And now they sin more and more – Sin draws on sin. This seems to be a third stage in sin:

1. Under Jeroboam, was the wors…

Ewald, following the hint of the Septuagint (who had a slightly different text), renders “according to their pattern of idols.” (Compare to the lan…

And now they sin more and more,

That is the usual way of sin; it is a growing evil; its course is downhill.

And have made …

In this verse, the Prophet amplifies the wickedness of the people, saying that they had not only cast aside the pure worship of God in one day and …

And now they sin more and more
Since the times of Jeroboam, and also of Ahab, adding other deities to the calves, an…

As long as Ephraim maintained a holy fear of God and worshipped Him in that fear, he was very significant. When Ephraim abandoned God and followed …