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What iniquity. Reference to Pentateuch (Deu_32:4). App-92.
iniquity. Hebrew. 'aval. App-44.
fathers. Not merely recently, but of old (Jer_2:7. Jdg_2:10, &c).
vanity = the vanity. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Ad-junct), for vain things: i.e. idols. Compare Jer_10:3-10, Jer_10:15; Jer_14:22; Jer_16:19, Jer_16:20. Deu_32:21. Act_14:15. 1Co_8:4.
become vain? Compare 2Ki_17:15. Idolaters always become like the gods they worship. Compare Psa_115:8; Psa_135:18.