Laws Changed
4. "And such as do wickedly against the covenant, shall be corrupt by flatteries ; but the people that do know their God, shall be strong and do exploits." Two classes are here mentioned ; the first, who were averse to the covenant, and those who favored it. As at this time the old covenant had passed away, and the new covenant succeeded it, the term covenant here used must represent the gospel, or Christianity. They who did wickedly against it, and were corrupted by the Romans, must be those Jews who rejected it, or those who, having embraced it, apostatized. Many great offers were made to the primitive Christians to forsake their religion, and many were induced to comply by flatteries.