For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
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Interpretation
They promised themselves plenty, peace, and victory, by worshipping idols, but their expectations came to nothing. What they sow has no stalk, no blade, or, if it have, the bud shall yield no fruit, there was nothing in them.
Glossary
- Samaria Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Samaria.