Let Samaria throw out his calf-idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be before the are capable of purity?
how long [will it be] ere they attain to innocency? or "purity" c; of worship, life, and conversation: the words may be rendered thus, "how long?" d for there is a large stop there; and this may be a question of the prophet's, asking how long the wrath of God would burn against the people, what; would be the duration of it, and when it would end? to which an answer is returned, as the words may be translated, "they cannot bear purity" e; of doctrine, of worship of heart, and life; when they can, mine anger will cease burning: or, as the Targum,