And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
Ver. 10. And the children of Israel cried.] Cried they had before, as very brutes will do when they are hurt, but not with their whole heart; their cries were the fruits of the flesh for ease, not of faith for God's favour.
Both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.] Which are two such evils as make the heavens sweat, and the axle tree of the earth ready to crack. Jer 2:12-13