1 ! Jerusalem is reproued for crueltie.
2 a Art you ready to execute thy charge, which I commit vnto thee against Jerusalem, that murthereth the Prophets, and them that are godlie.
3 b That is, the time of her destruction.
5 d Whose very name all men hate.
7 e He meaneth hereby that there was no kinde of wickednes, which was not committed in Jerusalem & therefore the plagues of God shulde spedely come vpon her.
13 f In token of my wrath and vengeance.
14 g That is, able to defend thy self.
15 h I wil thus take away the occasion of thy wickednes.
16 i Thou shalt be no more the inheritance of the Lord, but forsaken.
18 k Which before was most precious.
20 l Meaning hereby, that the godlie shuld be tryed and the wicked destroyed.
24 m Thou are like abaren land which the Lord plagueth with drought.
25 n The false prophets haue conspired together to make their doctrine more probable.
25 ! Of the wicked doctrine of the false prophets and priests, and of their vnsaciable couetousnes.
26 o They haue neglected my seruice.
27 ! The tyrannie of rulers.
28 p They which shulde haue reproued them, flattered them in their vices and couered their doings, with lies, {Chap. 13, 10}.
29 ! The wickednes of the people.
30 q Which wolde shewe himself zealous in my cause by resisting vice, {Isa. 59,16} & {63, 5}, & also pray vnto me to withholde my plagues, {Psal. 106, 23}.