For now they shall say, we have no king - These are the words of despair, not of repentance; of people terrified by the consciousne…

To us.—Better, as for a king, what will he do for us? The prophet, having witnessed a succession of Israelite kings overt…

Their king was slain, but if he had lived, what good would he be without God? What is the good of any temporal blessing if God is not in it? It is …

He explains more fully what he had briefly referred to when he said that the condemnation, which would reveal their wickedness, was now near. He no…

For now they shall say, we have no king This they would say, either when they had one; but by their conduct and behaviour…

A vine is only valuable for its fruit; but Israel now brought no fruit to perfection. Their hearts were divided. God is the Sovereign of the heart;…