Now for a long season.
The schism of the ten tribes
These words--
I. Suggest a warning. A land “without teaching priests” soon realises the rest of the text by becoming “without the true God, and without law.”
II. Give encouragement to send “teaching priests” on their holy mission to bring the people “to the law and to the testimony,” so that they may hear “the whole counsel of God.” (Joseph B. Owen, M.A.)