Will he reserve his anger for ever] And, as my people are wont to complain unto me when some breach is between me and them, Psal. 77. 7,-9 & 85. 5. & 103. 9. Vers. 12.
thou hast spoken and done evill things as thou couldest] Or, thou hast spoken thus, but hast done evill things, as, or, what, or, when thou couldest: as Chap. 34 1. Isaiah 29:13. Chap. 12. 2. What thou hast spoken of thy desperate resolution; Chap. 2. 25. that thou makest good by thine actions, Chap. 8. 6. Or, Thus indeed thou hast sometime spoken: but hast persisted still in thy wicked courses as eagerly as ever, Isaiah 58:2-3. Hos. 7. 14,-16.
in the dayes of Josiah] The people, even under that religious King, notwithstanding the outward reformation made by him so generall, 2 King. 23. 4,-20. yet continuing still inwardly wicked and irreligious, 2 King. 23. 26, 27. Vers. 10.
back-sliding Israel] The ten Tribes. Vers. 18.
she is gone up upon every high mountain &c.] Chap 2. 20.