On "come unto thee" cf. Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 20:1.

as my people The construction is very hard. LXX. omits.

with their mouth … love The language is peculiar, but can hardly have any other sense. LXX. Syr. read: for falsehood is in their mouth and their heart &c. The term "covetousness" or gain has, especially in later books, the general sense of advantage, self-advancement, Isaiah 56:11.

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