In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Ver. 12. Thou hast taken usury and increase.] Usura quasi propter usum rei, saith one, and foenus quasi funus. Such money to necessity, is like cold water to a hot ague, that for a time refresheth, but prolongeth the disease. It is like the timber worm, which is wonderfully soft to touch, but hath teeth so hard that it eateth the timber. See on Ezekiel 18:13 .
And hast greedily gained of thy neighbour.] Sept., Thou has consummated the consummation of thy wickedness in oppression.
And hast forgotten me.] All the forementioned evils are resolved into this as the root and origin of them. a See the like, Romans 3:18 .
a Dei oblivio convehit omnem vitiorum catervam. - Jerome.