EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE. 267 iniquity,saying,What have I done ? The runner has failed from hiscourse,as the sweatinghorsein hisneighing."1 Also in the same : " Therefore letevery one of you turn from hisevilway, and make your desiresbetter. And they said,We willbe comforted,becausewe willgo afteryour 2 inventions,and every one of us willdo the sinswhich please his own heart."s Also in the same: "Pour down as a torrenttears,day and nightgivethyselfno rest,letnot the pupilof thineeye be silent."4 Also in the same : " Let us searchout our ways, and be turned to the Lord. Let us purge our heartswith our hands, and letus look unto the Lord who dwellethin the heavens. We have sinned,and we have provoked Thee, and Thou hastnot been propitiated."5 Also in the same : " And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiasthe king,Thou hastseen what the dwellingof the house,'the house of Israel,has done to me. It has gone away upon every loftymountain,and has gone under every shady7 tree,and has committed fornicationthere; and I said, aftershe had committed allthese fornications,Return unto me, and she has not returned."8 Also inthe same : " The Lord willnot rejectforever; and when He has made low,He willhave pity accordingto the multitudeof His mercy. Because He willnot bringlow from His whole heart,neitherwillHe rejectthechildrenof men." 0 Also in Ezekiel: u And the righteousshallnot be ableto be saved in the day of transgression.When I shallsay to the righteous,Thou shaltsurelylive; but 10he willtrustto his own righteousness,and will do iniquity:allhis right eousnessesshallnot be remembered; in hisiniquitywhich he 1 Jer.viii.6,LXX. s Otherwise" our." •Jer.xviii.12,LXX. 4 Lam. ii.18,LXX. 5 Lam. iii.40. 6 Thereisevidentconfusionhere,and no placecanbe foundforthe word " vocem." 7 Ithasbeentakenforgrantedthat" numerosum" isa misprintfor " nemorosum."8 Jer.iii.6,LXX. •Lam.iii.31,LXX. 10Trombelliussuggests" if" insteadof" but."