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Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is your fruit found.
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Renouncing All Idols
Commentators emphasize that genuine repentance involves a complete break from anything that competes with God for allegiance. This isn't just about ancient statues; scholars suggest modern idols can be our careers, possessions, relationships, or even our own self-righteousness. The repentant heart declares, "What have I to do any more with idols?"
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Hosea
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ephraim shall say, what have I to do anymore with idols? – So Isaiah foretells, The idols He shall utterly abolish ([Reference Isai…
19th Century
Anglican
It would be better to adopt the slightly different reading indicated by the rendering of the Septuagint, and translate, As for Ephraim, what ha…
Baptist
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols?
"I have had enough of them. They have cost me sorrow enough; they have pl…
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet again introduces the Israelites speaking as before, in which they deplore their blindness and folly, and renounce in the future their s…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ephraim [shall say], what have I to do any more with idols ? &c.] This is to be understood, not of apostate Ephraim, as i…
Israel seeks God's face, and they shall not seek it in vain. His anger is turned from them. Whom God loves, He loves freely—not because they deserv…
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