For the leaders of this people ... - Note Isaiah 3:12. The Hebrew is, ‘Those who call this people blessed’—referring more particularly to th…

For the rulers of this people are seducers. Some render it, they who make you blessed, or, they who call you blessed; as…

For the leaders of this people cause [them] to err
Or, "who bless this people", as the Septuagint and Arabic version…

Those are ripening quickly for ruin whose hearts remain unhumbled under humbling providences. For what God intends when He afflicts us is to turn u…

1. The Lord sent a word into Jacob. Here, he describes the sequence of punishment according to its various types.

Firs…