I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
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Gill's Exposition
I hearkened and heard,.... These are either, the words of the prophet, as Kimchi and Abarbinel think; who listened and attended to, and made his observations upon, the words and actions, conduct and…
Barnes' Notes
I hearkened and heard - God, before passing sentence, carefully listens to the words of the people. Compare Gen 11:5, where the divine judgment is preceded by the Almighty going down to see the tower.…
The prophet here is instructed to set before this people the folly of their impenitence, which was it that brought this ruin upon them. They are here represented as the most stupid senseless people in…
Cambridge Bible
I Jeremiah or Jehovah through him.
hearkened and heard implying an anxiety to give every chance of amendment.
turneth to better, as mg., turneth away in.
rusheth headlong lit. overfloweth, used…
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