And when ye did eat] Yea in your mirth and rejoycing you have not regarded me, to yeeld me honour and thanks for my benefits, Hosea 8:13. and Hosea 9:4. Now the answer to the foresaid question is referred to this point; Your fast might be sanctified by piety, and devotion, but you had better to omit it, then profane it as ye do: and in stead of your ceremonies, endevour your selves to serve God internally, by means of which, I will change these your dolefull dayes, into dayes of feasting, and giving thanks for my benefits, Chap. 8. 19. did not ye eat, &c.] Or, be not ye they that, &c.