Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto
thee,
&c.] The way in which they walked, which was an evil one; and
the actions which they committed; their idolatries, backslidings,
and rebellions, before spoken of in this and the preceding
chapter, were the cause of this siege, and those calamities
coming upon them; they had none to blame but themselves; it was
their own sinful ways and works which brought this ruin and
destruction on them: this is thy wickedness;
the fruit of thy wickedness; or, "this thy calamity"; that is, is
owing to these things; so the word is rendered in ( Psalms 141:5
) : because it is bitter;
not sin, as in ( Jeremiah
2:19 ) , but the punishment of it; the calamity before
mentioned; which was hard and heavy, and grievous to be borne,
and yet very just; it was by way of retaliation; "they had
bitterly provoked the Lord", as the word may be rendered in the
preceding verse; and now he sends them a bitter calamity, and a
heavy judgment: because it reacheth unto thine
heart;
into the midst of them, and utterly destroyed them. The two last
clauses may be rendered, "though it is bitter, though it reacheth
unto thine heart" F4; though it is such a sore distress,
and such an utter destruction, yet it was to be ascribed to
nothing else but their own sins and transgressions.