For I know - Literally, “I have known.” They thought that God did not know, because He did not avenge; as the Psalmist says, Yo…

I know. —Most commentators imply that the “I” is Jehovah, but it is more likely the prophet himself. The adjectives “manifold” and…

National sins bring down national judgments; and when God grows angry against the people, he makes the places of their feasting, the vineyards wher…

The Prophet introduces God here as the speaker, so that the threatening might be more authoritative: for we know, as has been stated before, that t…

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins ,
&c.] Their sins were numerous, and of the first magni…

The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of…