sinfull nation,] Addicted, or given to sin, Psalms 1:1. Luk. 7. 34, 37. John 9:31. Galatians 2:15. laden with iniquitie,] Great and grievous sinners, as Genesis 18:20. Chap. 30. 27 and 36. 2. laden with iniquitie] Heb. of heavinesse of iniquity, as Ch. 21. 15. a seed of evil doers,] That tread on in the steps of their wicked progenitors, Ps. 78. 8. and 106. 6. Ch. 57. 3. Jeremiah 7:26; Jeremiah 16:11-12. children] Children, that deal corruptly, 2 Chronicles 27:2. Jeremiah 6:28. or that have corrupted themselves, and their wayes, Exodus 32:7. Deuteronomy 32:5, Heb. corrupters, that is, wasters, as Proverbs 18:9. or, destroyers, as Proverbs 28:24. stroy-good or wastfull children; a metaphor taken from riotous and prodigall younkers, that waste and consume the means left them by their parents, Luke 15:13; Luke 15:30. applyed to this people, as having embezilled their spirituall patrimonie derived to them from their godly progenitors, Genesis 17:7. Deut. 7. 6, 8. and 32. 9, 20. Psal. 147. 19, 20 and 148. 4. Rom. 3. 1, 2. and 9. 4, 5. the holy One] He, who both is holy himself, and sanctifieth those that are his, Lev. 19. 2. and 20. 7, 8. gone away] Heb. alienated, or, estranged, (Psalms 78:30.) backward. Or, alienated, and gone back, as Chap. 38. 17. away backward.] They have alienated themselves from God by their sins; Psalms 58:3. Colossians 1:21. by their idolatry especially, Ezekiel 14:5.