Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
Ver. 2. Forasmuch as I exalted thee.] See 1 Kings 14:7. Ingentia beneficia, flagitia, supplicia, say the Centurists.