Because, &c. Note the Structure, which shows that here, in the member "4-7", we have the cause, corresponding with "Nahum 2:13 ".
whoredoms. idolatries.
the mistress of witchcrafts. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:18; Deuteronomy 18:10).
witchcrafts. sorceries. Compare Isaiah 47:9.