O House of the king] Namely, ye that are the Kings officers, ministers and counsellors. for judgement is toward you] Heb. for to you the judgement is. Namely, the charge of doing right and justice belongeth to you, and ye have been the chiefe authors of extortion and injury, as is said afterwards. Or, judgement is comming upon you, Malachi 2:1. because] Or, but. a snare on Mizpah] Ye priests and princes have laid snares to intrap the innocent in their lives and goods, as theeves and robbrs doe for passers by, or fowlers do upon the hills of Mizpah and Tabor.