Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
in the day--that is, when. The Sinaitic covenant was made some time after the exodus, but the two events are so connected as to be viewed as one.
iron furnace-- (Deuteronomy 4:20; 1 Kings 8:51). "Furnace" expresses the searching ordeal; "iron," the long duration of it. The furnace was of earth, not of iron (Psalms 12:6); a furnace, in heat and duration enough to melt even iron. God's deliverance of them from such an ordeal aggravates their present guilt.
do them--namely, the words of the covenant (Jeremiah 11:3).
so, etc.-- (Leviticus 26:3, Leviticus 26:12).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Exodus 9:10
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