While their children remember their altars - Perhaps an allusion to their sacrifices of children to Moloch. Present, perhaps, at such a bloo…

While their children remember ... —If we take “children” as referring to age, there may be a reference to the way in which the hor…

God forbade the setting up of altars. There was one altar at Jerusalem, and there were to be no more; but they selected spots where great trees had…

Interpreters, it seems to me, have not perceived the Prophet's design here, or at least they have not clearly explained the subject. He proceeds, I…

Whilst their children remember their altars
Which is a further proof of their long continuance in idolatrous practic…

The sins which men commit make little impression on their minds, yet every sin is marked in the book of God; they are all so engraved upon the tabl…

1. Here, the prophet explicitly shows the stubbornness of the people, which is the cause of their rejection. From this, he first shows their…