19Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
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And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. …
Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-26)We have here a sad account of the degeneracy and apostasy of Joash. God had done great things for him; he had done something for God; but now he proved ungrateful to his God and false to the engagements he had laid himself under to him. How has the gold become dim, and the most fine gold changed ! Here we find, I. The occasions of his apostasy. When he did that which was right it was not with a pe…
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