They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

Mourneth unto me - i:e., before me. Eichorn translates, 'by reason of me,' because I have given it to desolation ().

Because no man layeth it to heart - because none by repentance and prayer seek to deprecate God's wrath. Or, 'yet none lays it to heart;' as , "Thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved" (Calvin).

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