5And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
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And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)God had often spoken to Ezekiel, and by him to the people, to this effect, but now his word comes again ; for God speaks the same thing once, yea, twice , yea, many a time, and all little enough, and too little, for man perceives it not . Note, To convince sinners of the evil of sin, and of their misery and danger by reason of it, there is need of line upon line , so loth we are to know the worst…
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