The children of Israel have only provoked me to anger... — The words “the children of Israel” are apparently taken with a different range of extension in the two clauses — (1) for the northern kingdom, as contrasted with Judah; and (2) for the collective unity of Israel before, and perhaps also after, the division of the monarchy. The latter words of the verse reproduce Deuteronomy 31:29.

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