Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people, rather, "unto exultation," like the heathen, with a joy which, after the fashion of the heathen, attributed a bountiful harvest to the idols; for thou hast gone a-whoring from thy God, in the idolatry which the Lord had so earnestly rebuked; thou hast loved a reward upon every corn-floor, namely, the lover's reward which Israel expected from the idols for the homage shown them, which they hoped to get on the threshing-floor in the form of an abundant yield. Over against this the Lord says,

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