And shed innocent blood ... - The blood of those who had committed no crime; who did not “deserve” the treatment which they receive…

The national sin after the settlement in Canaan.

They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: but were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. And the…

And they shed He denounces with still greater indignation that religious frenzy which led them to sacrifice their own children, and thus t…

The conduct of the Israelites in Canaan, and God's dealings with them, show that the way of sin is downhill; omissions make way for commissions: wh…