[286] Hosea vi. 9.
[287] Isaiah xl.-lxvi. is excluded from this statement.
[288] xxxii. 34, 35, repeating vii. 30, 31, with slight variations. A similar statement occurs in xix. 4, 5. Cf. 2 Kings xvi. 3, xxi. 6, xxiii. 10; also Giesebrecht and Orelli in loco.
[289] Exod. xxii. 29 (JE.). Exod. xxxiv. 20 is probably a later interpretation intended to guard against misunderstandings.
[290] Baal is not mentioned in the other prophetical books.
[291] vii. 2.
[292] Here and elsewhere, "prophet," unless specially qualified by the context, is used of the true prophet, the messenger of Divine Revelation, and does not include the mere professional prophets. Cf. Chap. VIII.
[293] ii. 19, etc.
[294] xxxii. 33, etc.
[295] xxii. 9: cf. xi. 10, xxxi. 32, and Hosea vi. 7, viii. 1.