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For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
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A Two-Fold Rebellion
Commentators explain that Israel's sin was not just making idols, but also creating their own forms of worship on 'high places.' John Calvin notes this shows a rejection of God's specific instructions, preferring human invention over divine authority. It was a sin of both what they worshipped and how they worshipped.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For they provoked him to anger with their high places - places where idols were worshipped, usually on mountains or elevated places…
19th Century
Baptist
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. For they provoked him to anger with th…
16th Century
Protestant
And they provoked him to anger with their high places. Here we identify the specific kind of apostasy by which the Israelites provided und…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For they provoked him to anger with their high places Which they built to Baal, and other Heathen dieties:
After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, their children were like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned back. Presumptu…
