And they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they followed idols, became idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them that they should not do like them.
Commentaries
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As idols are “vanity” and “nothingness”—mere weakness and impotence—so idolaters are “vain” and impotent. Their energies have been wasted, their ti…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
And they followed vanity, and became Vain. —The same expression occurs in Jeremiah 2:5. The word “vanity” (hèbel…
John Gill
JohnGill
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers At Sinai and Horeb (see Exodus 24:8,[Ref…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Although the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was only briefly related, in these verses it is largely commented upon, and its reasons g…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes