1 a That is, wholy, & without hypocrisie, {Joel. 2, 12}, not dissembling to turne & serue God as they do which serue him by halues, as {Hos. 7, 16}
1 ! True repentance
2 b Thou shalt detest the name of idoles, {Psal. 16, 4} & shalt with reuerence sweare by the lyuing God, when thine othe may aduance Gods glorie, & profite others, & here, by swearing he meaneth the true religion of God.
4 c He willeth them to plucke vp the impietie and wicked affection and worlde is respectes out of their heart that the true sede of Gods worde may be sowen therein, {Hos. 10, 12} and this is the true circumcision of the heart, {Deut. 10, 16} {rom, 2, 29} {col. 2, 11}
5 d He warneth them of the great dangers that shal come vpon them by the Caldeans, except they repent, and turne to the Lord.
5 ! The destruction of Judah is prophecied, for the malice of their hearts.
6 e He speaketh this to admonish them of the great danger when euery man shal prepare to saue him self, but it shal be to late {2 King. 25, 4}.
10 h By the false prophetes, which promised peace and tranquillitie: and thus thou hast punished their rebellious stubernes by causing them to hearken vnto lies, which wolde not beleue thy trueth {2 King 22,23. ezek. 14, 9. 2 thess 2, 11}.
11 k But to cary away bothe corne and chaffe.
13 l Meaning, that Nebuchadnezzar shulde come as suddenly, as a cloude that is caryed with the winde.
13 m This is spoken in the persone of all the people who in their affliction shulde crye thus.
15 o Which was in the midway betwene Dan and Jerusalem.
17 p Which kepe the frutes so ??? -reitly, that notheing can come in nor out: so shulde the Babylonians compasse Judah.
19 q He sheweth that the true ministers are liuely touched with the calamities of the Church, so that all the partes of their bodie fele the grief of their heart, albeit with zeale to Gods glorie thei pronounce his judgements against the people.
23 t By these maner of speaches he sheweth the horrible destruction that shulde come vpon the land, and also condemneth the obstinacie of the people, who repent not at the feare of these terrible tydings, seing that the insensible creatures are moued therewith, as if the order of nature shulde be changed, {Isa. 13, 10 and 24, 23 ezek. 32, 7 joel. 2,31 & 3, 15}
27 u But for his mercie sake he wil reserue him selfe a residue to be his Church, and to praise him in earth, {Isa. 2,9}.