Isaiah 65:6,7

Behold, it is written, &c.— The first words of this passage allude to the subsequent sentence. Behold, it is written before me; "It is absolutely written and determined in the divine court, that such shall be your punishment." Bishop Warburton observes upon the 7th verse, that the execution of the law, wherein the visiting of the iniquity of the parents upon the children is menaced, was appropriated by God to himself. But God has not only reserved this method of punishment to himself, but has likewise graciously condescended to inform us in this passage, after what manner he was pleased to administer it. This verse, like the third and fourth, is to be understood figuratively. See Matt. xxiii 34, 35. We may render the last words, Therefore will I measure out their former wages, or the old arrears into their laps.