They eat up the sin of My people - The priests made a gain from the sins of the people, lived on them and by them, conniving at or …

The increase in numbers and prosperity probably refers to the priesthood, who, as they grew in numbers, became more alienated from the true God. Th…

This verse has led many interpreters to think that all the particulars we have noticed should be restricted to the priests alone, but there is no s…

They eat up the sin of my people
That is, the priests did so, as the Targum, the priests of Jeroboam; they ate up th…

Both priests and people rejected knowledge, so God will justly reject them. They forgot the law of God. They neither desired nor endeavored to reta…