horse... mule. Compare Proverbs 26:3.
bit... bridle. See note on "eye", Psalms 32:8.
Lest. Otherwise they will not.
come near. draw near: i.e. for help and instruction, so as to understand what they are to do: (1) to help, Hebrew. karab, App-43. (Deuteronomy 4:7. Deu 34:18. Psalms 119:151; Psalms 145:18; Nehemiah 13:4); or (2) i. worship (Leviticus 16:1; 1 Samuel 14:36; Ezekiel 40:46; Ezekiel 44:15).