Oh that my people had hearkened unto me - This passage is designed mainly to show what would have been the consequences if the Hebr…

Hearken ... subdue. —The verbs should be taken in a future sense, “Oh that my people would hearken ... I shou…

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. So I gave them up to their own heart lust: and they walked in their o…

O if my people had listened to me! By the honorable designation God gives to the people of Israel, He more effectively exposes their shame…

O that my people had hearkened to me
This might have been expected from them, as they were his professing people; an…

We cannot expect too little from the creature, nor too much from the Creator. We may have enough from God if we pray for it in faith. All the wicke…