But I said. —More accurately, And I said. There is no contrast with what precedes. The speaker is, of course, Jehovah. Th…

And they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance to your fathers. But I said, how sha…

It is not my purpose to mention all the expositions of this verse; but it is enough to show what seems to be the meaning of the Prophet. Whenever I…

But I said
Within himself, in the thoughts of his heart, when he took up a resolution concerning their conversion, o…

See God's readiness to pardon sin, and the blessings reserved for gospel times. These words were proclaimed toward the north: to Israel, the ten tr…

1. Here, he gives the reason for their being called back.