Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts, &c.] Or, Israel is not a widow, nor Judah severed from his God, from the Lord of hosts. Though for her sinne she was left a while, yet is she not utterly forsaken, as a widow, whose husband is deceased; or wholly cast off, as one divorced. Isaiah 50:1. &54. 5, 6. Jeremiah 3:1. Lamentations 1:1. though their land was filled with sinne against the holy One of Israel] Or, with desolation from the holy One of Israel. Though they have deserved to be irrecoverably destroyed for their sinnes, wherewith they defiled and filled the whole land, Chap. 16. 18. Or, though by the just judgement of God their land hath been laid wast and desolate, Chap. 4. 20, 27.