The earth] Or, Even this land also is profaned by thee.
earth also] Even this land of Judah, that should have een an holy land, and have kept it self pure from those abominations wherewith the heathen are defiled. Chap. 1. 21. Jeremiah 3:1; Jeremiah 3:8.
defiled] Either with the gore bloud and carcasses of men slain and sacrificed. Psalms 106:38. or, with the impietie and wickednesse of those that live in it. Leviticus 18:27. Numbers 35:33. Jeremiah 3:1-2.
laws] Morall and civill. 2 Chronicles 33:8.
ordinance] Gods sacred rites, and ordinances. Nehem. 9. 14.
everlasting] Heb. covenant of eternitie. Chap. 55. 3.
covenant] Which by Abraham God made with them. Genesis 17:7; Genesis 17:9. and by Moses renewed. Exodus 24:8. Deut. 29 12.