Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
Ver. 14. Having eyes full of adultery] Gr. Of the adulteress, as if she were seen sitting in the eyes of the adulterer. The wanton Greek was said to have in his eyes ου κορας αλλα πορνας, non virgines sed meretrices, not maids but minions. a Archilaus the philosopher told a young wanton, Nihil interest quibus membris cinaedi sitis, posterioribus an prioribus. The leper was to shave his eyebrows, to teach us to take away the lust of the eyes, Leviticus 14:9. These, like Jacob's sheep, too firmly fixed on beautiful objects, make the affections bring forth spotted fruit. And it is as easy to quench the fire of Etna as the thought fixed by lust.
And that cannot cease to sin] Though they have made many covenants with God, promises to men. So Proverbs 19:19. They break all, as easily as Samson did the new ropes.
Exercised with covetous practices] Which they constantly follow, as the artificer doth his trade.
a Plutarch. Κορη puellam et pupillam oculi significat. Vitiis nobis in animum per oculos est via. Quintil.