Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;
Ver. 7. Nevertheless, hear thou now.] Audi quaeso. Hear, I pray thee; soft words, but hard arguments. See on Isaiah 5:3 .
And in the ears of all the people.] Whom I desire not to deceive, and to advise for the best, whatever they think of me. Let them think what they will, mode impii silentii non arguar, as Luther once said, so that I be not found guilty of a sinful silence.