O that you had hearkened to My commandments! - This expresses the earnest wish and desire of God. He would greatly have preferred t…

Then your peace would have been as a river. — Literally, “as the river,” that is, the Euphrates, which for the B…

All manner of possible good would have been yours had you not rebelled against God; and since you have lost it, God grieves that it is so.

O if you had hearkened to my commandments! As the people might complain of being carried into captivity, the Prophet, intending to address…

O that you had listened to my commandments Which the Jews did not, but slighted and despised them, and were not obedient …

The Holy Spirit qualifies for service; and those whom God and His Spirit send may speak boldly. This is to be applied to Christ. He was sent, and H…

1. Hear these things, O house of Jacob. Here he promises the liberation of the people. This is divided into two parts.

   In th…