Verse 29
29. They… ye These pronouns are thought by some interpreters to belong to the same parties. A Hebrew image, in some instances, allows this. But a consistent sense is yielded by supposing different classes to be referred to; in which case the meaning would be, they, of the coming period, will shrink with shame from the oaks, or terebinth groves, and the gardens, both of which ye, of this generation, have used (under the one, and within the other) for idolatrous practices. The idolatrous element was ever present in pre-eminently wicked times.
Which ye have desired The prophet, while speaking, turns suddenly around to the men of that time, and says, “ Ye are the men I mean, who are storing up shame and confusion for the generations to come.”
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