And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
Ver. 13. And I have seen folly.] Heb., Insalsity. Folly is as unpleasant to the intelligent as unsavoury meat is to him that tasteth it.
They prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.] They sold poison to the people, as Laertius a saith Aristotle did - Epicurus is his witness - having first wasted his estate.
a Lib. x. in Epic