The customs—A better rendering, as the marginal note indicates, is “the ordinances,” established institutions, “of the peoples,” that is, pa…

The customs of the people. —Better, ordinances of the peoples.

The prophet is speaking, not of common customs, but…

Those ancient prophets seemed to take delight in heaping scorn upon the god-making of the heathen. Even the heathen poets mocked the god-making; on…

The Prophet seems to break off from his subject and even to reason inconclusively; for he had said in the last verse, Learn not the rites of th…

For the customs of the people are vain Or, "their decrees", or "statutes" ^F15 , their determinations and concl…

The prophet shows the glory of Israel's God, and exposes the foolishness of idolaters. Charms and other attempts to obtain supernatural help, or to…

Here, he shows the dignity of the people, so that from this their guilt might appear more serious and their punishment more just.