There is much difference of opinion as to the interpretation of this verse. Much depends on the reference of the word “them.” We prefer to regard i…

Here again the Prophet derides all the labor the people had undertaken to exempt themselves from punishment. For though hypocrites dare not openly …

Yea, though they have hired among the nations
That is, lovers, as before; got into confederacies and alliances with …

They promised themselves plenty, peace, and victory, by worshipping idols, but their expectations came to nothing. What they sow has no stalk, no b…