They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Yahweh had charged those who they should not do like them.
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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…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes