children. sons.
forsaken Me. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 32:21).
sworn. Compare Jeremiah 5:2.
fed them to the full. So in many codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate; but some codices, with five early printed editions, read "made them swear".
committed adultery. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:14.Deuteronomy 5:18; Deuteronomy 5:18). The usual formula for idolatry.