| Geneva Study Bible And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge {f} by every altar, and they {g} drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. (f) Thinking that by these ceremonies, that is, by sacrificing, and by being near my altar, they may excuse all of their other wickedness. (g) They rob others and offer it to God, thinking that he will exempt them, when he is made partaker of their iniquity. Wesley's Notes 2:8 Lay down - The Jews of old did not sit upright at their meals, but leaned on one side. Upon clothes - Of which the law had expressly said, none should detain them all night, Deut 24:12,13. Every altar - Of their idols. Drink the wine - They offer their drink - offerings in wine, which they bought with the fines laid on the innocent. King James Translators' Notes the condemned: or, such as have fined, or, mulcted Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 8. lay themselves . upon clothes laid to pledge-the outer garment, which Ex 22:25-27 ordered to be restored to the poor man before sunset, as being his only covering. It aggravated the crime that they lay on these clothes in an idol temple. by every altar-They partook in a recumbent posture of their idolatrous feasts; the ancients being in the habit of reclining at full length in eating, the upper part of the body resting on the left elbow, not sitting as we do. drink . wine of the condemned-that is, wine bought with the money of those whom they unjustly fined. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 2:1-8 The evil passions of the heart break out in various forms; but the Lord looks to our motives, as well as our conduct. Those that deal cruelly, shall be cruelly dealt with. Other nations were reckoned with for injuries done to men; Judah is reckoned with for dishonour done to God. Judah despised the law of the Lord; and he justly gave them up to strong delusion; nor was it any excuse for their sin, that they were the lies, the idols, after which their fathers walked. The worst abominations and most grievous oppressions have been committed by some of the professed worshippers of the Lord. Such conduct leads many to unbelief and vile idolatry. | 
