When will the new moon be gone? They observed their festivals, though weary and impatient for them to end. They kept the Sabbath and festiva…

When ... gone.— They desired that the festivals of the New Moon and Sabbath would be over, so that they might not…

The Prophet continues here with the same subject, for this could not apply to the whole people, but only to the plunderers who were able to oppress…

Saying, when will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ?
&c.] The first day of every month, on which it was forbid to s…

The rich and powerful of the land were the most guilty of oppre ion, as well as the foremost in idolatry. They were weary of the restraints of the …