And they took strong cities,.... Such as, in an hyperbolical way, are said to be walled up to heaven, Deuteronomy 1:28
and a fat land; of a good and fruitful soil, abounding with all good things, Deuteronomy 8:7
and possessed houses full of all goods; ready built and furnished for them, both with good provisions and good furniture:
wells digged; to supply them with water:
vineyards, and olive yards, and fruit trees in abundance; which they planted not:
and they did eat, and were filled, and became fat; in body, though in mind became wanton and wicked; they made their hearts fat, or stupid, as Aben Ezra interprets it, see Deuteronomy 32:15
and delighted themselves in thy great goodness; not in praising the Lord for it, and using it to his honour and glory, but indulged themselves to luxury and intemperance; though it may be understood of a lawful pleasure in the enjoyment of the great affluence they were brought into, which last agrees with what follows.