my strength and my fortresse] Psal. 18. 1, 2. my refuge in the day of affliction] Chap. 17. 17. the Gentiles shall come unto thee] The Gentiles together with the Jews, shall partake of this thy gracious deliverance; and be brought over to thee by Christ. Chap. 4. 2. Malachi 1:11. our fathers have inherited, &c.] Our forefathers were vile idolaters: and it is thy meer mercy therefore that thou takest us the issue of such to thy self, Joshua 24:2-3. Or, they gained nothing by the service of their idols, but losse and shame: and it were extream folly therefore, for us their children, still to follow their courses, Chap. 3. 22, 24. lies] Isaiah 44:20. vanitie] Chap. 10. 3, 15. things wherein there is no profit] Isaiah 44:10.