And it came to pass - that is, this which God had said: As He cried and they heard not, so shall they cry and I will not hear, saith the…

The prophet implies that true fasting is to loose the bands of wickedness and leave off oppression. But Israel had adopted quite the oppos…

The punishment of sin seems to be according to the sin itself. If men will not hear God, neither will God hear them.

The Prophet sets forth more fully the dreadfulness of this punishment — that they groaned and complained in vain, for God was deaf to their complai…

Therefore it is come to pass, [that] as he cried The Lord by the former prophets called them to repentance and obedience:…

God's judgments upon Israel in the past for their sins were written to warn Christians. The duties required are not keeping fasts and offering sacr…