They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God,.... Either their evil doings; they will not leave, as the Targum and Jarchi (g); their evil ways and worship, their adultery and idolatry;…
Barnes' Notes
They will not frame their doings ... - They were possessed by an evil spirit, impelling and driving them to sin; “the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them,” i. e., in their very inward self,…
Adam Clarke
They will not frame their doings - They never purpose to turn to God, they have fully imbibed the spirit of idolatry.
Here, I. All orders and degrees of men are cited to appear and answer to such things as shall be laid to their charge (Hos 5:1): Hear you this, O priests! whether in holy orders (as those in Judah,…
Cambridge Bible
They will not frame Rather, as in the margin, Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God. The same idea that from the meshes of an inveterate vicious habit there is hardly an escape is…
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