Whoring after their gods] The covenant bond between Jehovah and Israel is frequently compared with a marriage (see e.g. Jeremiah 3:14; Hosea 2:19), and idolatry, which is unfaithfulness to Jehovah, is regarded as adultery, a view all the more natural seeing that idolatry and immorality so frequently went together (see on 'groves' Exodus 34:13 and on Leviticus 19:29). For this conception of idolatry, see e.g. Leviticus 17:7; Numbers 14:33; Jeremiah 3:1; Jeremiah 13:27; Hosea 2 (especially Exodus 34:13; Exodus 34:16) Ezekiel 20:30; Ezekiel 20:31. In NT. the Church is called the Bride of Christ. See Ephesians 5:23; Revelation 19:7; Revelation 21:2; Revelation 21:9; Revelation 21:17.

18-26. See on Exodus 23:12.

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