A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
Ver. 3. A people that provoketh me to my face.] As it were for the nonce, in despite and defiance of me. Siquis me in faciem depalmaret, vix indignius essera laturus: I could almost as well bear a blow on the face.
And burneth incense upon altars of brick.] a Erected on the house tops. 2Ki 23:12 Zep 1:5 They should have offered on the golden altar only. Exo 30:3-5
a Lateres - per meiosin cum contemptu.