Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 2:17

17. Which forsaketh the guide of her youth , and forgetteth the covenant of her God .

To wit, her Husband whom she took to be her guide and governour, and that in her youth; which circumstance is added to aggravate her sin and shame, because love is commonly most sincere and servent between an Husband and Wife of youth, as they are for that reason emphatically called, Prov. 5. 18. Isa. 54. 6. Ioel. 1. 8. Mal. 2. 14, 15.

i. e. Violateth or breaketh, as that word is commonly used in a practical sense.

The marriage Covenant, so called partly because God is the Author and Institutor of that society and mutual Obligation: and partly because God is called to be the witness and judge of that solemn Promise and Covenant, and the avenger of the transgression of it.

Marginal references: Jer. 3. 4.