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“Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
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The rebels are deep in slaughter, but I discipline all of them.
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Verse 2. Depth, or pits of fire, where victims were sometimes thrown. Iphigen. Grot.—By substituting th for t, we might read, “they have dug pits to take them.” Calmet. 9:9. Joshua 23:13. Calmet.—Idolatry leads to the abyss. Bible.
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3
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled.
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Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God, for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don’t know the LORD.
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Verse 4. Known. Fornication had darkened their intellect. Calmet.
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5
The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them.
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Verse 5. Answer. Septuagint “be humbled.” It appears openly, so as to deserve condemnation. Bible.
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They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD, but they won’t find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.
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Verse 6. Them. He will receive their victims no longer. Isaiah 1:11. Calmet.—In vain do they expect to escape by this appearance of sanctity, while they continue in sin. Bible.
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They are unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
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Verse 7. Strangers. That is, aliens from God: and therefore they are threatened with speedy destruction. Challoner.—Their offspring is rebellious, and deserves no longer to be called my people. Calmet. 1:9.—Month. Every month the Assyrians shall come upon them; (Chal. Saint Jerome) or, in the space of one month, they shall perish. Calmet.—Septuagint “the mildew shall eat them and their portions.” Bible.
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“Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!
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Verse 8. Back. Bethel lay northwest of Benjamin. The two tribes would hear the distress of Israel, that they might beware and avoid the like misconduct. Calmet.—The captivity is here described. Worthington.
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Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
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Verse 9. That. Lit. “faith,” ( Bible.) that my word shall come to pass.
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10
The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.
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Verse 10. Bound. This was a capital crime, under Numa, and forbidden. Deuteronomy 19:14. Calmet.—Juda hoped to seize what was abandoned. Saint Jerome—They deferred doing penance, and removed the boundaries set by their fathers, (Theod. Calmet.) the virtuous patriarchs, whom they would not imitate.
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Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment, because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
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Verse 11. Oppression. Lit. “calumny.” Bible. Isaiah 52:4.—The Assyrians had no just reason for attacking Israel, though their crimes called for punishment ( Calmet.) from God. Bible.
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12
Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
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13
“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to King Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
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Verse 13. Avenging. Hebrew and Septuagint Jareb, (Saint Jerome) which some explain of the king of Egypt; others understand the Assyrian; (Calmet. 10:6) while most suppose that Ephraim applied to Phul, and Juda sent to a protecting king, Theglathphalassar. 4 Kennicott. 16:7 and 17:4. Calmet.
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14
For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.
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Verse 14. Lioness. Hebrew and Septuagint “panther.” Bible.—The Assyrians, instead of assisting, proved the ruin of both kingdoms.
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I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”
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Verse 15. Place; to heaven. I will abandon my temple. Calmet.—Face: “they will seek the absent.” Saint Jerome
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