And though they say, The LORD liveth, &c.] Or, for (as Psalms 108:12.) when. Heb. if. as Psalms 63:6. Amos 7:2. Though they pretend religion; (noted here by one part of it; as Chap. 3. 2. & 44. 26.) yet they do it, but in hypocrisie, and for evill ends, Matthew 23:23. 2 Tim. 3. 5. Or, even when they swear, calling God solemnly to witnesse, they have no regard of truth, Isaiah 48:1. they swear falsly] Heb. unto falshood. as Isaiah 42:3. Or, in falshood. Chap. 7. 9. Leviticus 6:3.