I will also cause her mirth to cease, her feast days ... - Israel had forsaken the temple of God; despised His priests; received fr…

Mirth ... Cease.— The mirth is here indicative of the general character of the ceremonial—certainly not in itself a bad sign. Davi…

Therefore I will return, and take away my corn in its time, and my wine in its season, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her …

He pursues the same subject, and the Prophet explains at large, and even divides what he had briefly said before into many clauses or particulars. …

I will also cause all her mirth to cease

God threatens what He would do to this treacherous, idolatrous people. They did not turn; therefore, all this came upon them, and it is written for…