5. For the transgression of Jacob is all this--All these terrors
attending Jehovah's coming are caused by the sins of Jacob or Israel,
that is, the whole people.
What is the transgression of Jacob?--Taking up the question often in
the mouths of the people when reproved, "What is our transgression?"
(compare
Mal 1:6, 7),
He answers, Is it not Samaria? Is not that city (the seat of the
calf-worship) the cause of Jacob's apostasy
(1Ki 14:16;
15:26, 34; 16:13, 19, 25, 30)?
and what are the high places of Judah?--What city is the cause of the
idolatries on the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem (compare
2Ki 18:4)?
JFB.
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