2Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
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And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Observe, I. What the sins are which are here laid to Israel’s charge, the national sins which bring down national judgment. The prophet deals plainly with them; for what good would it do them to be flattered? 1. They were not fruitful in the fruits of righteousness to the glory of God. Here all their other wickedness began (Hos. 10:1): Israel is an empty vine . The church of God is fitly compared…
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