And your abominations — "Even your abominations." The prophet sums up the three charges against Judah, namely, spiritual adultery, …

Your adulteries. —The words refer primarily to the spiritual adultery of the idolatries of Judah. The neighings,…

Here the Prophet explains at length what I have previously stated—that the people were justly punished by God, though very grievously, because they…

I have seen your adulteries
Not literally such, though they were greatly guilty of that sin; but figuratively, their …

Here is a message sent to King Jehoiakim and his queen. Their sorrows would be great indeed. If they ask, "Why do these things come upon us?" let t…

Here, he gives the application of the allegory, and on this topic, he makes two points.

1. First, he applies the allegory to the puni…