You spread forth your hands - This is an expression denoting the act of supplication. When we ask for help, we naturally stretch out our han…

When ye spread forth your hands.: The words point to the attitude of one who prays, as was the manner of Jews, Greeks, an…

Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of God, you people of Gomorrah. To what purpose is the multitude of your sa…

When you spread out your hands—the ancient custom of spreading out the hands in prayer did not arise from superstition, nor did t…

And when you spread forth your hands
That is, in prayer, this being a prayer gesture: hence the Targum paraphrases i…

Judea was desolate, and their cities burned. This awakened them to bring sacrifices and offerings, as if they would bribe God to remove the punishm…

1. The new moons, and the sabbaths. Here he rejects the celebration of solemn festivals.

   He addre es this in three st…