And those who have turned back from — (Literally, have turned themselves back from following after the Lord). From this half-service, the pr…

Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem is impending on account of a religious apostasy of various forms and degrees. The wide range of this judgment.

The Prophet seems here to include, as it were, in one bundle, the proud despisers of God, as well as those idolaters about whom he had spoken. Howe…

And them that are turned back from the Lord Who once were worshippers of him, but now become apostates, and had turned th…

Ruin is coming, utter ruin; destruction from the Almighty. The servants of God all proclaim, There is no peace for the wicked. The express…