Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?
Ver. 3. These men have set their idols in their hearts.] Though they would seem to abhor idols, yet the devil is at inn with them, and their hearts are no better than so many idol temples, as thou wouldst easily perceive hadst thou but my fiery eyes, and couldst see their insides as I do. Sustulerunt stercoreos deos suos super cor suum, a they have laid their dungy deities upon their very hearts; a place where I only should be by right, for it is the bridal bed.
And put the stumblingblock of their iniquity,] i.e., They are impudent sinners, as the scholiast b interprets it, and resolved of their course whatever comes of it.
Should I be inquired of c at all by them?] q.d., No, never; I scorn the motion, I abhor such ludibrious devotion as this is. Away with it. Piscator rendereth the words, An ergo serio interrogor ab eis? Thinkest thou that I am seriously sought unto by these? q.d., Nothing less.
a Piscator.
b One who writes explanatory notes upon an author; esp. an ancient commentator upon a classical writer. ŒD
c Hoc significat crassum Dei contemptum et quasi professam rebellionem.