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Turn thou unto me, viz. by repentance, Act_3:19. Although she had been so vile and abominable, yet the Lord waited in expectation of her return.
Her treacherous sister Judah: Benjamin is also here comprised, but Judah being the chief is only named, these two abiding together after the other ten revolted to Jeroboam; called Israel’s
sister, because they were all descended from the patriarch Jacob, Eze_16:46; compare Eze_23:2,4; and treacherous, or the treacherous one, because of her frequent revolts, 2Ch_21:6, &c.; 2Ch_24:17,18, and many other times, and after as frequent renewed covenants and promises, both in conjunction with the rest of the tribes, Deu_5:2,3,23, &c.; Deu_29:10-12, &c., and afterwards, 2Ch_13:9,10, &c.; 2Ch_15:12, &c.; 2Ch 23 16 29:10. Saw it, i.e. they were not strangers to it, but knew it, as the word is, Psa_40:3. They could not but know how I had dealt with Israel.