To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
Ver. 39. Thrust him from them] The present government is always grievous, Αει το παρον Βαρυ as Thucydides observeth. Alleva iugum, Allevo iugum, lighten the yoke, lighten the yoke, said those in Rehoboam's days, that were all for a relaxation.