- thy people:
- Many of the people had concurred in Jehoram's idolatry, and some of them must have been instruments in his base, unnatural murders; they were therefore joined in his punishment, and he suffered by the loss of his subjects. "Ephraimª [is] oppressedª° [and] brokenª° in judgment,ª because¹ he willinglyª° walkedª° afterª the commandment.ª" {Hsa 5:11} + "For the statutesª of Omriª are kept,ª° and all¹ the worksª of the houseª of Ahab,ª and ye walk²°¹ in their counsels;ª that¹ I should makeª° thee a desolation,ª and the inhabitantsª° thereof an hissing:ª therefore ye shall bearª° the reproachª of my people.ª" {Mic 6:16}
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