pulled away the shoulder] Heb. they gave a back-sliding shoulder. And would not carry the Lords burden, which was sweet and easie, but would bear their own, which was heavie and grievous to the flesh, thinking to merit thereby: Which similitude is taken from yoked oxen, which shrink at the yoke and are unwilling to draw, Nehem. 9. 29. Hosea 4:16. Zeph. 3. 9. stopped their eares] Heb. made heavy.