he said] When he brought them out of Egypt, and at first made them his people. Implying, what such a favour as that was, should have wrought upon them, and how they should have stood affected to him, that had done so for them. Psal. 81. 8-10.
they are my people] Whom I chose for mine, that they might be holy; presuming that they would be faithfull and loyall to me. Levit. 19. 2, 3. Deuteronomy 26:18-19.
will not lie] Or, deal disloyally. Chap. 59. 13.