Samaria; the ten tribes, or kingdom of Israel, founded in rebellion and idolatry. Committed half of thy sins; a proverbial speech, usual in comparison to set forth the lesser part, as 1 Kings 10:7. But thou hast multiplied: this explains the former. More; more, or greater, the Hebrew word signifieth both. Justified; not made them righteous, but declared them less unrighteous than thou in thy aboniinations; of the two they are less faulty.
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Ezekiel 16:51
51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.