I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
Spake not aright - i:e., not so as penitently to confess that they acted wrong. Compare what follows.
Every one turned to his own course - the Qeri' reads course, but the Kethibh courses. 'They persevere in the courses whatever they have once entered on.' Their wicked ways were diversified.
Horse rusheth - literally, pours himself forth х showTeep (H7857)], as water that has burst its embankment. The mad rapidity of the war-horse is the point of comparison (Job 39:19-25).