And behold ... - When they should have devoted themselves to fasting and prayer, they gave themselves up to revelry and riot.

Let …

And behold joy and gladness ... —As things were, however, the danger, imminent as it was, led, as in the plague at Athens…

And, behold, joy and gladness. The Prophet does not here find fault with joy viewed in itself; for we see that Paul exhorts the g…

And behold joy and gladness As if it was a time of rejoicing, rather than of weeping and mourning; and as if they were at…

The weakness of Judah now appeared more than ever. Now also they revealed their carnal confidence and their carnal security. They looked to the for…

1. The burden of the valley. Here the prophet issues a threat against those who were joined to the people of God by their position of…