Verse 7
"As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame."
This verse, as the passage before it, has its primary reference, not to the pagan priesthood, but to Israel the priest of God in the national sense (Exodus 19:6). The evidence that this is the true interpretation is strengthened by the frantic efforts of some scholars who have vainly tried to move Exodus 19:6 into post-exilic times."[23] The more the nation increased and the greater became their prosperity, the more and more they were estranged from their true God. The reason for this was that they attributed their prosperity, not to God who was the genuine author of it, but to their pagan idols. They therefore interpreted their increased strength and glory as the blessings of their idols, being consequently further and further estranged from God.
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