Can a maid forget her ornaments, [or] a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Ver. 32. Can a maid forget her ornaments?] Not lightly or easily, as minding them many times more than is meet, and then their ornaments are but the nest of pride; and while they think to gain more credit by their garments than by their graces, they are much mistaken.
Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number,] i.e., Time out of mind, whenas God should be remembered at every breath we draw, since from him we have ζωην και πνοην, "life and breath," as the apostle saith elegantly. Act 17:25 But into such a dead lethargy hath sin cast most people, that God is forgotten by them, and his service neglected.