As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
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Gill's Exposition
As they called them, so they went from them,.... That is, the prophets of the Lord, the true prophets, called Israel to the worship and service of God; but they turned a deaf ear to them, and their…
Barnes' Notes
As they called them, so they went from them - The prophet changes his tone, no longer speaking of that one first call of God to Israel as a whole, whereby He brought out Israel as one man, His one…
Here we find,
I. God very gracious to Israel. They were a people for whom he had done more than for any people under heaven, and to whom he had given more, which they are here, I will not say…
Cambridge Bible
As they called them, &c. Or, The more they called them, &c. (comp. Hos 4:7). Since Israel disobeyed the first call by Moses, prophets were sent to repeat the call, but their preaching only seemed to…
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