Ver. 5. Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the Prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
The sentence or threatening for this, is that destruction should come upon such sinners, and on the false Prophets who scattered and soothed them up in this course; yea, he would cut off the Nation and Mother-Church, and so destroy the Dame and all. Whence learn, 1. Mens opposing of the Word, their rejecting of reproof, and blessing themselves when they are rid of it, will not availe them, nor hold off wrath, but rather hasten it; For, albeit they were not to be reproved, v. 4. yet what gain they by that? anger is not the further off, but rather, Therefore shalt thou fall, &c. 2. How high soever men exalt themselves in their opposition to God and his truth; yet that guilt will bring them down, and when God begins to reckon, he will reach every sin∣ner particularly; For, his height will bring a fall, and the higher up the greater fall, and the threatening is directed against every one in particular, thou shalt fall. 3. Vengeance can reach sin∣ners in the height of their prosperity, and can ruine them sudden∣ly, and inavoidably; For, Thou shalt fall in the day, that is, not only shortly on this day, but in a time when none would expect it, as there is no cause of stumbling in the day. 4. It is a plague upon sinners, that when they go furthest wrong, and oppose the faithful Servants of God, yet they will never want corrupt men pretending to come in Gods Name, to bolster them up in their evil way; and God hath a sad controversie against such seducers. For, there is the Prophet who is threatened also. 5. This sen∣tence