In mine ears said the Lord; I heard God speak what I now about to utter. Heb. In the ears of the Lord; may relate either,
1. To the foregoing words; The cry of your sins, and of the oppressed, as come into God's he hears and sees it, and will certainly punish it.
2. To the following clause, which being of great importance, he ushers in with an oath; I speak it in God's as well as in yours; I call God to witness the truth of what I say. My houses shall be desolate; the houses you have so greedily coveted shall cast you out, and become desolate.