8Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
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But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: …
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-16)Having seen how vicious and corrupt the court was, we now come to enquire how it is with the country, and we find that to be no better; and no marvel if the distemper that has so seized the head affect the whole body, so that there is no soundness in it; the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered , as well as the sin of Samaria , of the people as well as the princes, of which here are divers instances.…
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