Judah's idolatry and wickedness is here remembered, as an aggravation of the sin of the Israelites, which was not only evil in itself but scandalous and mischievous to their neighbour, who by heir examples were instructed in their wicked arts, and provoked to an imitation of them: see Hosea 4:15, and compare Matthew 18:7.
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2 Kings 17:19
19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.