transgressed very much. abounded in treachery. Hebrew "multiplied to transgress transgression". Figure of speech Polyptoton, for emphasis. Hebrew. ma'al. App-44.
heathen. nations.
hallowed. See note on Exodus 3:5.
transgressed very much. abounded in treachery. Hebrew "multiplied to transgress transgression". Figure of speech Polyptoton, for emphasis. Hebrew. ma'al. App-44.
heathen. nations.
hallowed. See note on Exodus 3:5.
14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.