land sinneth] The meaning is, when I have resolved to punish a land with some kind of scourge, I will not forbear to do it for any manner of intercession: how much lesse then can I be appeased now who have decreed a generall punishment of all manner of evils to fall upon Jerusalem for their extreme sunnes? Jeremiah 7:16. &Jeremiah 11:14. &Jeremiah 14:11. then will I stretch] Or, and I stretch. and will break] Or, and break. staffe of bread] Leviticus 26:26. Chap. 4. 16. &5. 16. Isaiah 3:1. and will send] Or, and send. and will cut] Or, and cut.