That I may take ... — that is, that I may take them as in a snare, deceived by their own heart.

He shows God’s purpose in being unwilling to dismiss without an answer the hypocrites who still impiously trifled with Him. He says, that I may…

That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart By which they are ensnared, and drawn aside to their ruin; being g…

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…