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13. The prophets. This verse is a continuation of the speech of the unbelieving Jews. The prophetic warnings, they asserted, would come to nothing and the prophets would prove to be mere wind.

Behind one tree. The word “tree” is supplied. The reference may be to some abominable and revolting object of worship. The Heb. ’achad, “one,” is masculine in the common Hebrew text, but feminine in several manuscripts, among which are both Dead Sea scrolls of Isaiah. It remains uncertain to what the “one” refers.

Thus shall it be done. These unbelievers are evidently expressing the wish that the predicted sword and famine might fall upon the heads of the prophets.

Eating swine’s flesh. See on ch. 65:4. These people openly defied God by partaking of things that were particularly abominable to Him. Both the swine and the mouse are listed among the unclean animals the Hebrews were forbidden to eat (Lev. 11:2, 7, 29, 44). The Jewish apostates exulted in throwing off all restraints and pretended to sanctify themselves by the very things God had said would defile them and render them unfit for fellowship with Him. In their affectation of a superior sanctity they had sunk to the lowest depths of degradation.

13. The prophets. This verse is a continuation of the speech of the unbelieving Jews. The prophetic warnings, they asserted, would come to nothing and the prophets would prove to be mere wind.

Thus shall it be done. These unbelievers are evidently expressing the wish that the predicted sword and famine might fall upon the heads of the prophets.