Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer - (Job 27:9.) God saith, it is true, "Whosoever shall call on Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer - (Job 27:9.) God saith, it is true, "Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall he delivered" (Joel 2:32). But here the call of the wicked is rejected, because the day of grace meant by Joel shall have been past. Their cry is for deliverance from pain, not from sin (Jeremiah 11:11; Ezekiel 8:18; Micah 3:4; Zechariah 7:13, "As he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts;" John 7:34).
They shall seek me early - i:e., diligently and unceasingly, beginning from day-break.