Therefore] Or, But, as Psalms 118:17. thou hast] The reason why God forsook the Jews, and took in the Gentiles; for their sinnes. Chap. 50. 1. Romans 11:20. thy people] In part; or, for the greater part; yet not all. Romans 11:1-2; Romans 11:25. from] Or, more then the east, as Jeremiah 49:19. and Jeremiah 50:44. the cast] They abound in such corruptions, as reign in the Eastern parts, among the Syrians, 2 Chron, 28. 23. Chap. 9. 12. soothsayers] And in forceries, as the Philistines, their neighbours on the West, Deuteronomy 18:14. 1 Samuel 6:2. please] Or, abound with. Job 20:22. in the] They give themselves wholly to the rites and fashions of strange nations, Jeremiah 10:2-3. Zephaniah 1:8. or, they delight in commerce and matches with them, Ezra 9:14. Psalms 106:35.