Isa 1:6, Jer 30:12 | JFB | STEP | 6. From the lowest to the highest of the people; "the ancient and honorable, the head, the prophet that teacheth lies, the tail." See . He first states their wretched condition, obvious to all ( ); and then, not previously, their irreligious state, the cause of it. wounds —judicially inflicted ( ). mollified with ointment —The art of medicine in the East consists chiefly in external applications ( ).

Isaiah 1:6

6. From the lowest to the highest of the people; "the ancient and honorable, the head, the prophet that teacheth lies, the tail." See Isa 9:13-16. He first states their wretched condition, obvious to all (Isa 1:6-9); and then, not previously, their irreligious state, the cause of it.

wounds—judicially inflicted (Ho 5:13).

mollified with ointment—The art of medicine in the East consists chiefly in external applications (Lu 10:34; Jas 5:14).

Jeremiah 30:12

12. The desperate circumstances of the Jews are here represented as an incurable wound. Their sin is so grievous that their hope of the punishment (their exile) soon coming to an end is vain (Jer 8:22; 15:18; 2Ch 36:16).