Pro 1:24-30, Luk 13:34-35, 19:42 | JFB | e4.org | 24. stretched . . . hand —Earnestness, especially in beseeching, is denoted by the figure (compare ).

‏ Proverbs 1:24-30

24. stretched . . . hand—Earnestness, especially in beseeching, is denoted by the figure (compare Job 11:13; Ps 68:31; 88:9).

25. set at naught—rejected as of no value.

would none of—literally, "were not willing or inclined to it."

26, 27. In their extreme distress He will not only refuse help, but aggravate it by derision.

27. fear—the object of it.

desolation—literally, "a tumultuous noise," denoting their utter confusion.

destruction—or calamity (Pr 1:26) compared to a whirlwind, as to fatal rapidity.

distress— (Ps 4:1; 44:11).

anguish—a state of inextricable oppression, the deepest despair.

28. Now no prayers or most diligent seeking will avail (Pr 8:17).

29, 30. The sinner's infatuated rejection brings his ruin.

34, 35. O Jerusalem, &c.—(See on Mt 23:37; Mt 23:39).

42. at least in this, &c.—even at this moving moment. (See on Lu 13:9.)

thy peace—thinking perhaps of the name of the city. (Heb 7:2) [WEBSTER and WILKINSON]. How much is included in this word!

now . . . hid—It was His among His last open efforts to "gather them," but their eyes were judicially closed.