will I number you to the sword] I will allot you to the sword in no small number: alluding to the number of their idols; mentioned, vers. 11. or the name at least of one of them. See the like, Chap 66. 3, 4. Jeremiah 34:17. because, &c.] Proverbs 1:24. &c. Chap. 66. 4. Jeremiah 7:13. when I called] By my Prophets: whom ye would not hear and obey, Zechariah 7:7; Zechariah 7:11-12. ye did not answer] Or, ye would not answer. Proverbs 1:25. Chap. 50. 2. and so afterward, ye would not hear. did evill before mine eyes] Or, that which is evill in my sight. (as Chap. 57. 1.) that is, displeasing to me, Chap. 66. 4. 2 Samuel 11:27. See vers 3. Psalms 51:4. choose that wherein I delighted not] But abhorred, Chap. 66. 3, 4.