Samaria] Which worshipped the Calves in Bathel and Dan.
half of thy sinnes] Because thou receivedst more favours at my hands, and hast been longer suffered, exhorted, corrected; and hast seen my judgements upon the other; therefore thy ingratitude rebellion, and obstinacy cannot be equalized.
hast justified thy sisters] Made their sinnes to seem but little ones, and excusable by the excesse of thine; and them innocent in comparison of thee. Jeremiah 3:11. Matthew 1:41. 42.