7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
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They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-11)Two things, two evil things, both Judah and Ephraim are here charged with, and justly accused of:— I. That they were not firm to their own convictions, but were unsteady, unstable as water , Hos. 6:4 , 5 . O Ephraim! what shall I do unto thee? O Judah! what shall I do unto thee ? This is a strange expression. Can Infinite Wisdom be at a loss what to do? Can it be nonplussed, or put upon taking new…
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