| Geneva Study Bible They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. Wesley's Notes 32:5 They - The Israelites. Their spot - The wickedness with which they are stained, is not of his children - Plainly shews they are not his children, but the devil's. God's children have no such spot. Indeed this text does not affirm, they have any spot at all. Perverse - Froward and untractable: Crooked - Irregular and disorderly. King James Translators' Notes They have...: Heb. He hath corrupted to himself their...: or, that they are not his children, that is their blot Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 5. They have corrupted themselves-that is, the Israelites by their frequent lapses and their inveterate attachment to idolatry. their spot is not the spot of his children-This is an allusion to the marks which idolaters inscribe on their foreheads or their arms with paint or other substances, in various colors and forms-straight, oval, or circular, according to the favorite idol of their worship. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 32:3-6 He is a Rock. This is the first time God is called so in Scripture. The expression denotes that the Divine power, faithfulness, and love, as revealed in Christ and the gospel, form a foundation which cannot be changed or moved, on which we may build our hopes of happiness. And under his protection we may find refuge from all our enemies, and in all our troubles; as the rocks in those countries sheltered from the burning rays of the sun, and from tempests, or were fortresses from the enemy. His work is perfect: that of redemption and salvation, in which there is a display of all the Divine perfection, complete in all its parts. All God's dealings with his creatures are regulated by wisdom which cannot err, and perfect justice. He is indeed just and right; he takes care that none shall lose by him. A high charge is exhibited against Israel. Even God's children have their spots, while in this imperfect state; for if we say we have no sin, no spot, we deceive ourselves. But the sin of Israel was not habitual, notorious, unrepented sin; which is a certain mark of the children of Satan. They were fools to forsake their mercies for lying vanities. All wilful sinners, especially sinners in Israel, are unwise and ungrateful. | 
