Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not
bread?
&c.] Lavish away time, opportunities, and strength, in
reading and hearing false doctrine, which is not bread, but
chaff; is not wholesome, does not nourish, but is harmful and
destructive; eats as does a canker, instead of feeding and
refreshing; such as the vain philosophy of the Gentiles, the
traditions of the Jews, and the errors and heresies of false
teachers: and your labour for that which satisfieth
not?
labouring to seek for happiness in worldly things, which is not
to be had; or to obtain righteousness by the works of the law,
which is not to be attained to in that way; all such labour is in
vain, no satisfaction is enjoyed, nor peace and comfort had, nor
any solid food; these are husks which swine eat: hearken
diligently unto me;
not the prophet, but the Lord himself. The Targum renders it,
``my Word;''the essential Word, Christ Jesus, hearken to his doctrine, which is bread, and of a satisfying nature: and eat ye that which is good;