2 Kings 1:16

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16 καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν ηλιου τάδε λέγει κύριος τί ὅτι ἀπέστειλας ἀγγέλους ζητῆσαι ἐν τῇ βααλ μυῖαν θεὸν ακκαρων οὐχ οὕτως ἡ κλίνη ἐφ' ἧς ἀνέβης ἐκεῖ οὐ καταβήσῃ ἀπ' αὐτῆς ὅτι θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ


Commentary on this verse  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 16. And thence perception, that it is according to Divine Order, that since the wicked have sought salvation from the extreme evils and falsities of faith alone which is barren and desolate; and have neglected interior good and its truth, which are peculiar to the true spiritual church; therefore they cannot separate themselves from their false doctrine, and must be entirely vastated.