Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
Ver. 30. Yet many years didst thou forbear them] Heb. Protract over them; or, draw out thy lovingkindness toward them to the utmost.
And testifiedst against them] As Nehemiah 9:29. They wanted not for warnings or wooings, with, Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
Yet would they not hear] But as sea monsters or catadupes, or men born in a mill, or as one that is running a race; give him never so good counsel, he cannot stay to hear it.
Therefore gavest thou them] As uncounselable incorrigible.