As they; kings, priests, and people of that age, that is, Jeroboam the Second, great-grandson of Jehu, who raised the kingdom to its highest pitch and glory. Were increased; both multiplied for number, and grew great in riches, power, and honour. Such temper were they of, Isaiah 1:2. So they sinned against me: sin grew with their wealth and honour; God who raised them was by them provoked the more, they turned his bounty into sin: too usual a return from sinners to God. I will change, turn by a just retaliation, their glory into shame: they turned their glory, all that in which they might glory above others, into sin; I will turn it into shame; that shall be their dishonour which, had it been well used, might have been their honour. I will degrade their priests, impoverish the people, captivate both.
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Hosea 4:7
7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.