“God,” it has been said, “punishes sins by means of sins,” but the end is the re-establishment of righteousness.

May go no more astray. — This reveals the purpose of all the previous severity of judgment: that Israel may be brought to true rep…

Here God shows that there was no other remedy if He would recall to safety those who had almost perished. At the same time, He teaches that it is u…

That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me
Or from his worship, as the Targum; from the law of God, and …

No outward form or reformation can be acceptable to God, so long as any idol possesses the heart; yet how many prefer their own devices and their o…