SEV Biblia, Chapter 28:19
Porque el SEÑOR había humillado a Judá por causa de Acaz rey de Israel; por cuanto él había desnudado a Judá, y había rebelado gravemente contra el SEÑOR.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel , etc.] Because of his impieties and idolatries, which the people by his example went into; he is called king of Israel, because he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and because he ruled over two of the tribes of Israel, and of right was king over all Israel, as David and Solomon his ancestors were; though the Vulgate Latin, Septuagint, and Syriac versions, read, king of Judah; and so the Targum: “for he made Judah naked”; stripped them of their religion, and the worship of God, and so of the divine protection, whereby they were exposed to their enemies, (see Exodus 32:25) the Targum is, “for the house of Judah ceased from the worship of the Lord;” transgressed sore against the Lord ; by committing gross idolatry the same Targum is, “they dealt falsely with the Word of the Lord.”
Matthew Henry Commentary
The wicked reign of Ahaz in Judah. --Israel gained this victory because God was wroth with Judah, and mad them the rod of his indignation. He reminds them of their own sins. I ill becomes sinners to be cruel. Could they hope for the mercy of God if they neither showed mercy nor justice to their brethren? Let it be remembered, that every man is our neighbour, our brother, our fello man, if not our fellow Christian. And no man who is acquainted with the word of God, need fear to maintain that slavery is against the law of love and the gospel of grace. Who can hold his brother in bondage without breaking the rule of doing to others as he would they should d unto him? But when sinners are left to their own heart's lusts, the grow more desperate in wickedness. God commands them to release the prisoners, and they obeyed. The Lord brought Judah low. Those who wil not humble themselves under the word of God, will justly be humbled by his judgments. It is often found, that wicked men themselves have n real affection for those that revolt to them, nor do they care to d them a kindness. This is that king Ahaz! that wretched man! Those ar wicked and vile indeed, that are made worse by their afflictions instead of being made better by them; who, in their distress, trespas yet more, and have their hearts more fully set in them to do evil. But no marvel that men's affections and devotions are misplaced, when the mistake the author of their trouble and of their help. The progress of wickedness and misery is often rapid; and it is awful to reflect upon sinner's being driven away in his wickedness into the eternal world __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
כי 3588 הכניע 3665 יהוה 3068 את 853 יהודה 3063 בעבור 5668 אחז 271 מלך 4428 ישׂראל 3478 כי 3588 הפריע 6544 ביהודה 3063 ומעול 4603 מעל 4604 ביהוה׃ 3068
