And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, [even] unto this very day.
Ver. 3. I send thee to the children of Israel.] So they will needs call themselves. But what saith God in Mic 2:7 ? "O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the Spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings?" See Trapp on " Mic 2:7 "
To a rebellious nation.] Heb., Gentiles. So the Jews call us Christians in scorn. So God calleth them here in great contempt "a rebellious nation." See Amos 9:7 Genres apostatrices, as the Vulgate here hath it. The Jews call the Turks Ishmaelites, the Ethiopians Cushites; but Christians they call Gojim, an abominable nation, and Mamzer-goll, a bastard people.
They and their fathers have transgressed against me.] A serpentine seed they are, a race of rebels; neither good egg nor bird, but mali corvi mala ova.
Even unto this very day.] Being nothing bettered by all that they have suffered. See Jer 16:13 Isaiah 1:5 .