A son, &c. Ref to Pentateuch (Exo_20:12), App-92. Note the Figure of speech Anacoenosis (App-6). An appeal to opponents as having a common interest. Compare Isa_5:4. Luk_11:19. Act_4:19. 1Co_4:21; 1Co_10:15; 1Co_11:13, 1Co_11:14Gal_1:4, Gal_1:21.
master. The Hebrew accents place the chief pause here, where the statement ends on which the appeal is based.
if then, &c. These two appeals are marked off by minor accents
My name: which is again marked off for special emphasis. (1) The argument is based on natural reverence; (2) the breach is shown in the case of Israel (Isa_41:8. Hos_11:1); (3) the conclusion being that the priests were guilty cause.