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I. THE SELF-VINDICATING WAYS OF SINNERS.

1. Direct denial (Genesis 4:9).

2. Vain excuse (1 Samuel 15:13-15).

3. Hypocritical palliation (Genesis 3:11-13).

II. GOD SUBSTANTIATES HIS CHARGE AGAINST HIS OFFENDING PEOPLE.

1. By an appeal to fact.

2. By a most apt comparison.Dromedary and wild ass, when seeking their mate, are so bent upon attainment of desire, that efforts to catch them are vain; no one will weary himself with so fruitless a labour. But when their time of pregnancy has advanced, they fall comparatively an easy prey to the pursuer. So, to little purpose that you are followed with invitations and entreaties: you "will not hear the voice of the charmer," etc.

(C. Simeon, M. A.)

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KJV: How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

WEB: "How can you say, 'I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals'? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. [You are] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;