Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
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Gill's Exposition
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken,.... The words are directed to the prophet by an interrogation, if he had not considered in his mind what he heard the people say; not the Chaldeans,…
Barnes' Notes
Considerest thou not - literally, Hast thou not seen, i. e., noticed? This people - i. e., the Jews. Thus ... - Or, and “My people they have despised,” so that they are “no more a nation” in their…
Three of God's covenants, that of royalty with David and his seed, that of the priesthood with Aaron and his seed, and that of Peculiarity with Abraham and his seed, seemed to be all broken and lost…
Cambridge Bible
this people If the words be right, they must indicate the sceptical part of the nation. But the subsequent context, as it stands, rather requires the meaning to be hostile nations. The emendation…
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