[31]. Ezekiel 24. 16.

[32]. Ecclesiastes 8. 5.

[33]. Isaiah 58. 9.

[34]. Hosea 4. 17. A haggadic interpretation is here given.

[35]. Ibid. 10. 2.

[36]. Pesikta Rabbati, Friedmann’s edition, p. 131b.

[37]. Jeremiah 15. 9.

[38]. Here and in the following sentences the prophet speaks for God.

[39]. Isaiah 52. 2.

[40]. Psalm 147. 2.