Moreover all the utensils, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Of Juda. Hebrew, "Israel. "But the Septuagint have "Juda. "(Haydock)
The names are often used promiscuously. (Calmet)
For he. Septuagint, "because he or it had apostatised from the Lord. "
Stript. Protestants, "he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore "Thus were the idolatrous Israelites exposed to shame and misery, after they had adored the golden calf, Exodus xxxii. 25. (Haydock)
In the Bacchanalian riots, the pagans threw off their garments, to show that they trusted entirely in their false gods. (Tirinus)
Achaz had plunged his country in distress, (Calmet) both of soul and body, (Haydock) by his scandalous deportment. (Calmet)
Of all help, is added by way of explanation; (Tirinus) as God would no longer rescue his rebellious people from the hands of the enemy. (Haydock)
