And I have seen folly ... - Rather, “Also I have seen.” The prophet contrasts the prophets of Samaria with those of Jerusa…

I have seen folly ... —Literally, as in Job 6:6, that which is unsavoury — i.e., insipid, and so, ethic…

They shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. And I have seen …

These two verses are to be read together, for there is no doubt that the Prophet here compares the false prophets, who had corrupted God’s worship …

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria
The ten tribes of Israel, among whom, in Ahab's time there were man…

The false prophets of Samaria had deceived the Israelites into idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem guilty of more h…

Here, he notes the wickedness of the prophets as the cause of the wickedness of the people: