8. I saw that, though (whereas) it was for this very reason (namely), because backsliding (apostate) Israel had committed adultery I had put her away ( 2 Kings 17:6 ; 2 Kings 17:18 ), and given her a bill of divorce, yet Judah, c. ( 2 Kings 17:18- : , &c.). bill of divorce —literally, "a writing of cuttings off." The plural implies the completeness of the severance. The use of this metaphor here, as in the former discourse ( 2 Kings 17:18- : ), implies a close connection between the discourses. The epithets are characteristic Israel "apostate" (as the Hebrew for "backsliding" is better rendered); Judah, not as yet utterly apostate, but treacherous or faithless. also —herself also, like Israel. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-9" class="com-number"
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