Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
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Gill's Exposition
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding,.... or, "heart" (a); See Gill on Jer 4:22,
which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not; like the idols they served, Psa…
Against the God (1) of Creation Jer 5:22, and (2) of Providence Jer 5:24, They sin, not merely by apostasy, but by a general immorality extending to all classes Jer 5:25-28. It is in this immorality…
The prophet, having reproved them for sin and threatened the judgments of God against them, is here sent to them again upon another errand, which he must publish in Judah; the purport of it is to…
Cambridge Bible
understanding mg. Heb. heart, which was considered as the seat of intelligence. See Jer 24:7 ("an heart to know me"); Hos 7:11 (mg.).
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