The severe sentence passed upon them is the consequence of idolatry persisted in through many generations until it has finally deepened into nation…

He shows here what we have seen elsewhere—that the people flattered themselves in their vices, so that they could not be turned by any admonitions,…

Then shall you say to them
In answer to their questions; not in a general way, but by observing to them particular s…

This seems to be the language of those who dispute the word of God and, instead of humbling and condemning themselves, justify themselves, as if Go…

Here, he gives the cause of the previously mentioned punishment.

First, he poses the question: why has the LORD spoken all this great…