Imagination - Better, as in the margin.

And went backward - literally, as in the margin; that is, they turned their back upon M…

Imagination. —Better, stubbornness, as in Jeremiah 3:17.

Went backward and not forward. —The whole…

Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily…

The Prophet here taunts the Jews for being so diligent in their attention to sacrifices, while they had no care for piety. Therefore, he says by wa…

But they did not listen, nor inclined their ear Neither to the law that was given them, nor to the promises that were mad…

God shows that obedience was required of them. What God commanded was, Hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord thy God. The promise is…

1. First, the prophet sets aside their confidence in sacrifices. He reveals God’s perspective with the words, add burnt offerings to you…