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Then follows the latter part, Then I will make you to dwell, (192) etc. God sets this clause in opposition to the false confidence of the people, as though he had said, “ wish me to be propitious to you; but mock me not by offering sacrifices without sincerity of heart, without a devout feeling; be consistent; and think not that I am pacified by you, when ye come to the Temple with empty display, and pollute your sacrifices with impure hands. I therefore do not allow this state of things; but if ye come on the condition of returning into favor with me, then I will make you to dwell in this place and in the land which I gave to your fathers.” The last part of the verse, from age to age, ought to be connected with the verb, “ will make you to dwell, “ שכנתי, shekanti, “ will make you to dwell from age to age, “ is, As your fathers dwelt formerly in this land, so shall you remain quiet in the same, and there shall be to you a peaceable possession; but not in any other place. We must bear in mind the contrast which I noticed yesterday; for he indirectly denounces exile on the Jews, because they had contaminated the land by their vices, and gloried only in their sacrifices. It now follows —
(192) Calvin departs here from his former rendering in verse 3d. The words mean the same, “ will I dwell with you.” So the Vulgate. — Ed.