For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth. "Covetousness" - akin to idolatry, and, like it, having drawn off Israel's heart from God (Isaiah 2:7; Isaiah 56:11; Isaiah 58:3; Jeremiah 6:13; Colossians 3:5).
I hid me - (Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 14:15.)
He went on frowardly in the way of his heart - the result of God's hiding His face (Psalms 81:12; Romans 1:24; Romans 1:26).