What hath my beloved to do in mine house] Isa. 1. 11, &c. Chap 7. 9-11. Heb. What is to my beloved in my house. My people Israel; whom hitherto I have so dearly loved. Hosea 11:1. Malachi 1:2. Chap. 12. 7.
she hath wrought lewdnesse with many] She is become, not a loiall wife, but a common strumpet. Isaiah 1:21.
the holy flesh is passed from thee] They offer not in my Sanctuary to me, but to idols on their altars. Isaiah 57:5-6. Or, They so pollute mine holy things by their wickednesse, that they are no longer such. Haggai 2:13-14. Titus 1:15. Or, they have no more right to the holy flesh, then the Priests daughter, having played the harlot, or being otherwise defiled. Lev. 21. 9. & 22. 10, 12.
when thou doest evil, then thou rejoycest] Or, when thy evil is. vers. 14. thou rejoycest in doing evil. Proverbs 2:14. Or, notwithstanding thy troubles, thou goest on in following thy delights and thy jolitie: thou takest nothing to heart. Chap 5. 3.