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i$o A Commentary
Chapter Vcr. 31. For when you offer pur Gifts, &c]
XX. See Ver. 16.
\tS*\~^ Ibid. eAnd pall I be enquired of by you f] See
Ver. 31. Ver. p
Ver. 32. i Ver. 32. cAnd that which comes hit your Mind
Jhall not be at all, &cj We find by the Scripture
Hiftory that the Jews had all along a fond Defire
of worfhipping the Gods of their Neighbours, and
could not bear that Imputation of Singularity which
their peculiar way of Worfhip expofed them to.
They thought likewife by this means to live more
undifturbedly among the Heathens whither they
were led Captive. God tells them here that he will
prevent this Purpofe of theirs from taking effecT.
And we find from the very time of their Return
from the c
BabyloniJh Captivity, they have been very
cautious of committing Idolatry, and fcrupulous
of making the leaft Approaches toward it.
Ver. ??. Ver. 33. Surely with a mighty Hand andfiretched
out eArm, and with Fury poured out will I rule
over youJ] I will no longer try to reclaim you by
the gentle Methods of Patience and Forbearance,
but will govern you as Matters do ill Servants by
Stripes and Corrections, and by this Means cure
you of your hankering after the Heathen Cuftoms
and Idolatries.
Ver. 24. Ver. 34. eAnd I will bring you out from the Teople,
and gather you out of the Countries whereinye
are fcattered, with a mighty Hand, &c] This
fome underftand of God's bringing his People out
of the Countries of the Moabites, eAmmonites, and
other Neighbouring Nations, whither many of
them were carried Captive, or went as voluntary-
Exiles before the general Captivity by the Chaldeans: