done again] You have not onely married strange women, but have also afflicted your own lawfull wives, bringing in strangers to vex them. See Leviticus 18:18. 1 Samuel 1:6. The second fault the Prophet accuseth them of, is for adding crueltie to profanenesse.
covering the altar] You have caused your poore wives to poure out dolefull lamentations before mine altar, which are like a thick cloud, that will not suffer your offerings to be looked upon, nor accepted by me.