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3481 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 870.25 (Matthew Henry)
… to Baal, when they thought he must be awakened), or the brutish violent passions which they vented in their prayers; they snarled at the stone, and howled under …
3482 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 872.15 (Matthew Henry)
… to Baal-peor, joined with the Moabites in sacrificing to that dirty dunghill deity ( Numbers 25:2, 25:3 ), and they separated themselves unto that shame, that shameful …
3483 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 873.5 (Matthew Henry)
… and Baal, that was the dividing of their heart. But God is the sovereign of the heart and he will by no means endure a rival; he will either have all or none. Satan …
3484 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 874.6 (Matthew Henry)
… one Baal and then another, and burnt incense to graven images, though they were called to by the prophets of the Lord again and again not to do this abominable …
3485 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 876.4 (Matthew Henry)
… in Baal he died, that is, he lost his reputation, his honour soon dwindled and sunk, and was laid in the dust. Baal is here put for all idolatry; when Ephraim forsook …
3486 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 876.5 (Matthew Henry)
… in Baal the ice was broken, and he grew worse and worse, coveted more idols, doted more upon those he had, and grew more ridiculous in the worship of them. Note, The …
3487 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 878.5 (Matthew Henry)
… for Baal, which are made the food and fuel of a base lust. And to them judgments of that kind are most grievous. The more men place their happiness in the gratification …
3488 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 884.11 (Matthew Henry)
… for Baal, they should have said, We will go and return to our first husband, having paid dearly for leaving him; but it had not that effect. They have not returned …
3489 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 900.16 (Matthew Henry)
… of Baal. These reigns were some ages before the time when this prophet lived, and yet the wickedness which they established by their laws and examples remained …
3490 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 908.3 (Matthew Henry)
… of Baal shall be cut off, the images of Baal, and the worshippers of those images. Josiah cut off a great deal of Baal; but that which was so close as to escape the …
3491 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 926.17 (Matthew Henry)
… and Baals, the kings and lords, that the Gentiles worship, the creatures of their own imagination, but the King, the Lord of hosts, the everlasting King, the King …
3492 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 936.32 (Matthew Henry)
… . Thus Baal’s priests were hard at it from morning till almost night with their vain repetitions; O Baal, hear us; O Baal, hear us; and vain petitions they were; but …
3493 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 936.78 (Matthew Henry)
… and Baal, but choose ye this day whom ye will serve, and abide by our choice.
3494 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 942.60 (Matthew Henry)
… and Baal, there is no halting between two ( 1 Kings 18:21 ), there is no trimming between Christ and Belial; for the kingdom of Christ, as it is eternally opposite …
3495 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 953.40 (Matthew Henry)
… of Baal is the footstool of Jehu’s ambition. Popish priests, under pretence of long prayers for the dead, masses and dirges, and I know not what, enrich themselves …
3496 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 953.102 (Matthew Henry)
… to Baal; and even the workers of iniquity will then cry, Lord, Lord, and will own, when his wrath is kindled, that blessed are all they that put their trust in him …
3497 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 963.7 (Matthew Henry)
… of Baal in their fury cut themselves, like this madman in his. The voice of God is, Do thyself no harm; the voice of Satan is, Do thyself all the harm thou canst; yet …
3498 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 978.54 (Matthew Henry)
… to Baal. But that which especially exasperated them was that he intimated some kindness God had in reserve for the Gentiles, which the Jews could by no means …
3499 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1026.36 (Matthew Henry)
… to Baal-peor, God said, Let them alone; let them go on ( Acts 7:42 ): Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven. He particularly cautioned them not …
3500 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1033.7 (Matthew Henry)
… or Baal, for Christ or Beelzebub.” 1. We may here see the meaning of Christ’s prediction that he came not to send peace upon earth, but rather division, Luke 12:51 …