O thou that art named the house of Jacob] Is not this an execrable boldnesse in you, to oppose your selves against my Prophets? spirit of the LORD straitned] Or, shortned. The power and authoritie of my Spirit, which from time to time hath set my Prophets on to preach my word: is it now lessened or weakened, that it should yeeld to your desires? See Jeremiah 6:11. &Jeremiah 20:7. 9. Micah 3:8. are these his doings] The cause of all these evils and threatnings, which are denounced against you by my Prophets, is in you, and not in me, and therefore you wrongfully complain of my Prophets, as if they were the authors of all the evill that befalleth you, Isaiah 28:21. Lamentations 3:33. do not my words do good] If you will be good men, and beleeve, you shall heare nothing from my Prophets but promises and assurances of graces, and blessings: If you be sinners but corrigible and capable of repentance, you shall have by them healthfull means of conversion. uprightly] Heb. upright.