The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen [that] which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
Ver. 6. The Lord also said unto me in the days of Josiah.] This is the beginning of a new sermon, as most hold. Josiah was a religious prince, and a zealous reformer; and hypocrisy reigned exceedingly in his days, as we see here: and as holy Bradford in his letters complaineth that it did likewise in King Edward VI's days, who was our English Josiah, among the great ones especially, who were very corrupt.
She is gone up upon every high mountain,] sc., Ever since Solomon's mind began to be corrupted, 1Ki 11:4 and now she smarteth for it; yet is not Judah warned by her example.