Vanity: In the special sense, as a synonym for idol-worship (Deuteronomy 32:21; 1 Kings 16:13). As in the …

Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: Thus says the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers f…

Here God explains why He had referred to what we have noticed — that He had consecrated Israel to Himself as a peculiar people and as the firstfrui…

Thus says the Lord, what iniquity have your fathers found in me What injustice or injury has be…

Those who begin well, but do not persevere, will justly be rebuked for their hopeful and promising beginnings. Those who desert religion commonly o…

1. Here he follows the order of judgment.