I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
I spake unto thee in thy prosperity - I admonished thee in time. Thy sin has not been a sin of ignorance or thoughtlessness, but willful.
Prosperity - given thee by me; yet thou wouldest not hearken to the gracious Giver. The Hebrew is plural, to express 'in the height of thy prosperity;' so "droughts" (Isaiah 58:11).
But thou saidst - not in words, but in thy conduct virtually.
Thy manner from thy youth - from the time that I brought thee out of Egypt, and formed thee into a people (Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 2:2; Isaiah 47:12).