they do, &c] The Israelites which were carried captive into Assyria. From this verse to the last, the obstinate disposition of the Israelites in their captivity is set down. former manners] Before they were carried away captives. they fear not] They testifie no respect to God, nor inwardly, nor outwardly. their statutes] Which the LORD ordained as proper to them. whom he named] By this he puts them in minde of the great mercy which God shewed to their ancestor, from whom they sprouted, when he first gave him that name Israel (Genesis 32:28.) and of the gracious promises made to him and his posterity, when that name was again confirmed to him. Genesis 35:10, &c. This is here mentioned as an aggravation of their obstinacy. See the like 1 Kings 18:31.