Jer 7:24, 26 | JFB | e4.org | 24. hearkened not —They did not give even a partial hearing to Me ( ). imagination —rather, as Margin, "the stubbornness." backward, &c.

‏ Jeremiah 7:24

24. hearkened not—They did not give even a partial hearing to Me (Ps 81:11, 12).

imagination—rather, as Margin, "the stubbornness."

backward, &c.— (Jer 2:27; 32:33; Ho 4:16).

‏ Jeremiah 7:26

26. hardened . . . neck— (De 31:27; Isa 48:4; Ac 7:51).

worse than their fathers— (Jer 16:12). In Jer 7:22 He had said, "your fathers"; here He says, "their fathers"; the change to the third person marks growing alienation from them. He no longer addresses themselves, as it would be a waste of words in the case of such hardened rebels.