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geneva@Isaiah:2:6 @ Therefore thou (note:)The prophet seeing the small hope that the Jews would convert, complains to God as though he had utterly forsaken them for their sins.(:note) hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are Full of the corruptions that reigned chiefly in the east parts. filled [with customs] from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines, They altogether gave themselves to the fashions of other nations. and they please themselves in the children of foreigners.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:3 @ For the (note:)Meaning not only in the observation of the stars, but their laws and ceremonies by which they confirm their idolatry, which is forbidden, (Deu_12:30).(:note) customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:23 @ Can the blacke More change his skin? or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do euill.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:4 @ Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again (note:)You will still have opportunity to rejoice which is meant by tabrets and dancing as their custom was after notable victories, (Exo_15:20; Jdg_11:34).(:note) be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:18 @ I have surely heard (note:)That is, the people who were led captive.(:note) Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a Which was wanton and could not be subject to the yoke. bull unaccustomed [to the yoke]: He shows how the faithful used to pray, that is, desire God to tame them as they cannot turn of themselves. turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:11 @ So I took the deed of the purchase, [both] that which was sealed (note:)According to the custom the instrument or evidence was sealed up with the common seal and a copy of it remained which contained the same in effect but was left open to be seen if anything should be called into doubt.(:note) [according] to the law and custom, and that which was open:

geneva@Jeremiah:36:6 @ Therefore go thou, and read in the scroll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the (note:)Which was proclaimed for fear of the Babylonians, as their custom was when they feared war, or any great plague of God.(:note) day of fasting: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:36 @ Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like (note:)Their custom was to play on flutes or instruments, heavy and grave tunes at burials and in the time of mourning, as in (Mat_9:23).(:note) pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches [that] he hath gotten have perished.

geneva@Lamentations:2:7 @ The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a (note:)As the people were accustomed to praising God to the solemn feasts with a loud voice, so now the enemies blaspheme him with shouting and cry.(:note) noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

geneva@Ezekiel:6:3 @ And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the (note:)He speaks of all the places where the Israelites accustomed to commit their idolaters, threatening them with destruction.(:note) mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, [even] I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

geneva@Daniel:1:8 @ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not (note:)Not that he thought any religion to be in the meat or drink (for afterwards he did eat), but because the king should not entice him by this sweet poison to forget his religion and accustomed sobriety, and that in his meat and drink he might daily remember of what people he was from. And Daniel brings this in to show how God from the beginning assisted him with his Spirit, and at length called him to be a Prophet.(:note) defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

geneva@Daniel:3:2 @ Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the (note:)Showing that the idol is not known for an idol as long as he is with workmen: but when the ceremonies and customs are recited and used, and the consent of the people is there, then they think they have made a god out of a block.(:note) dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the This was sufficient with the wicked at all times to approve their religion, if the king's authority were alleged for the establishment of it, not considering in the meantime what God's word allowed. king had set up.

geneva@Daniel:11:18 @ After this shall he turn his face unto the (note:)That is, towards Asia, Greece, and those isles which are in the Mediterranean Sea: for the Jews called all countries which were divided by the sea «isles».(:note) isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf For whereas Antiochus was accustomed to condemn the Romans, and put their ambassadors to shame in all places, Attilius the consul, or Lucius Scipio put him to flight, and caused his shame to turn on his own head. shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause [it] to turn upon By his wicked life, and obedience to foolish counsel. him.