1When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
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As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. …
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Idolatry was the sin that did most easily beset the Jewish nation till after the captivity; the ten tribes from the first were guilty of it, but especially after the days of Ahab; and this is the sin which, in these verses, they are charged with. Observe, I. The provision that God made to prevent their falling into idolatry. This we have, Hos. 14:4. God did what was fit to be done to keep them clo…
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