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Unto all the house of Israel; to all the rulers and people too, as he had occasion in his circuit, described below, 1Sa_7:16, mixing exhortations to repentance with his judicial administrations.
If ye do return unto the Lord; if you do indeed what you profess, if you are resolved to go on in that which you seem to have begun.
With all your heart; sincerely and in good earnest.
Put away the strange gods out of your houses, where some of you keep and worship them; and out of your hearts and affections, where they still have an interest in many of you.
And Ashtaroth; and particularly or especially Ashtaroth, which he mentions as a god, whom they, together with the neighbouring nations, did more eminently worship. See Jud_2:13.
Prepare your hearts, by purging them from all sin, and particularly from all inclinations to other gods. Or, direct your hearts; having alienated your hearts from your idols, turn them to God, and not to other idols or vanities.
And he will deliver you; or, then; upon these conditions you may confidently expect it.