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Also Judah didn`t keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
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The Failure to Learn
Commentators emphasize that Judah's sin was especially grievous because they witnessed the downfall of the northern kingdom of Israel for the very same offenses. As John Gill notes, instead of learning from Israel's punishment, Judah chose to imitate their idolatry, thus aggravating their own guilt before God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This verse and the next are parenthetical. Here again, as in 2 Kings 17:13, the writer is led from his account of the sins and punishme…
19th Century
Anglican
Also Judah kept not ... —Judah was no real or permanent exception to the sins and punishment of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God , &c.] But were infected with the idolatry of the ten tri…
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