Let not Judah offend - The sentence of Israel had been pronounced; she had been declared incorrigible. The prophet turns from her n…

Israel ... Judah. —The prophet warns Judah of Israel’s peril, and perhaps hints at the apostasy of some of her kings, as Ahaziah, …

The Prophet here complains that Judah also was infected with superstitions, though the Lord had until now wonderfully kept them from pollutions of …

Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah
offend That is, though the Israeli…

The people consulted images and not the Divine Word. This would lead to disorder and sin. Thus people prepare scourges for themselves, and vice is …