Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
ROSENMULLER translates, "They ought to have been ashamed, because . . . but," etc.; the Hebrew verb often expressing, not the action, but the duty to perform it (Genesis 20:9; Malachi 2:7). MAURER translates, "They shall be put to shame, for they commit abomination; nay (the prophet correcting himself), there is no shame in them" (Jeremiah 3:3; Jeremiah 8:12; Ezekiel 3:7; Zephaniah 3:5).
them that fall--They shall fall with the rest of their people who are doomed to fall, that is, I will now cease from words; I will execute vengeance [CALVIN].
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Proverbs 19:23
Jeremiah 8:10-12
Matthew 16:26
Luke 9:26
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