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[7.] The destruction of their idols, though rather a mercy than a judgment, yet, being a necessary piece of justice, is here mentioned, to show what would be the sin that would bring all these miseries upon them: I will destroy your high places, Le 26:30. Those that will not be parted from their sins by the commands of God shall be parted from them by his judgments; since they would not destroy their high places, God would. And, to upbraid them with the unreasonable fondness they had shown for their idols, it is foretold that their carcases should be cast upon the carcases of their idols. Those that are wedded to their lusts will sooner or later have enough of them. Their idols would not be able to help either themselves or their worshippers; but, those that made them being like them, they should both perish alike, and fall together as blind into the ditch.
(2.) Spiritual judgments are here threatened. These should seize the mind; for he that made the mind can, when he pleases, make his sword approach to it. It is here threatened,
[1.] That they should find no acceptance with God: I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours, Le 26:31. Though the judgments of God upon them did not separate them and their sins, yet they extorted incense from them; but in vain--even their incense was an abomination, Isa 1:13.
[2.] That they should have no courage in their wars, but should be quite dispirited and disheartened. They should not only fear and flee (Le 26:17), but fear and fall, when none pursued, Le 26:36. A guilty conscience would be their continual terror, so that not only the sound of a trumpet, but the very sound of a leaf, should chase them. Note, Those that cast off the fear of God expose themselves to the fear of every thing else, Pr 28:1. Their very fears should dash them one against another, Le 26:37,38. And those that had