And he made his son (a) pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke [him] to anger. (a) Read (2 Kings 16:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will (b) observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. (b) Therefore seeing they did not obey the commandment... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I [am] bringing [such] evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall (c) tingle. (c) Meaning, that whoever hears of this great plague, will be astonished.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line (d) of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as [a man] wipeth a dish, wiping [it], and turning [it] upside down. (d) As I have destroyed Samaria and the house of Ahab so will I destroy Judah.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will forsake the (e) remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; (e) Meaning, Judah and Benjamin, which were the only ones left of the rest of the tribes.... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover Manasseh shed (s) innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD. (s) The Hebrews write that he slew Isaiah the prophet, who was his father-in-law.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the (g) way of the LORD. (g) That is, according to his commandment.... [ Continue Reading ]