3For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
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So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
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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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