Verse 7
7. Another effect of the intercourse with foreign peoples which the prophet inveighed against, was foreign money and foreign troops.
Their land The land of Judah, a rich agricultural land, under great cultivation, (for Uzziah loved husbandry, 2 Chronicles 26:10,) and produced abundant commerce, and a great influx of gold and silver at this time.
Silver and gold It was not for gold as such, but the love of it for forbidden luxury, that is lamented.
Horses… chariots The law of Moses against the multiplication of these, (Deuteronomy 17:16,) was clearly to encourage peaceful agricultural habits among the people. “Chariots” and “horses,” however, became very common. But how about highways for chariots? At the present time no such roads exist in Palestine nor can they be made, except at very large expense, over parts of the main bridle-path thoroughfares: neither have they ever prevailed there under Mohammedan rule. Civilization, in the Bible ages of Palestine, must have been vastly in advance of the present.
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